Virus classification is the process of naming viruses and placing them into a taxonomic system similar to the classification systems used for cellular...

Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) authorizes and organizes the taxonomic classification of and the nomenclature for viruses. The ICTV develops a universal...

Baltimore classification is a system used to classify viruses based on their manner of messenger RNA (mRNA) synthesis. By organizing viruses based on their...

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals...

of Viruses (ICTV) into the realm Riboviria. This includes RNA viruses belonging to Group III, Group IV or Group V of the Baltimore classification system...

common dsRNA virus ancestor, but evolved their double strands two separate times from positive-strand RNA viruses. In the Baltimore classification system,...

scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods...

from a common RNA virus ancestor. In the Baltimore classification system, +ssRNA viruses belong to Group IV. Positive-sense RNA viruses include pathogens...

of computer viruses and malware, virus naming conventions and classifications will continue to present challenges, making standardized virus databases essential...

Rabies virus (Lyssavirus rabies) is a neurotropic virus that causes rabies in animals, including humans. It can cause violence, hydrophobia, and fever...

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus that infects cats. FeLV can be transmitted from infected cats when the transfer of saliva or nasal secretions...

International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the central governing body for viral classification. Matonaviridae remains part of the realm...

Norovirus, also known as Norwalk virus and sometimes referred to as the winter vomiting disease, is the most common cause of gastroenteritis. Infection...

the disease. The ICTV abbreviation for Squirrelpox virus is SQPV. The classification of the virus is still under debate, and the recent studies have suggested...

A retrovirus is a type of virus that inserts a DNA copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that...

The Shope papilloma virus (SPV), also known as cottontail rabbit papilloma virus (CRPV) or Kappapapillomavirus 2, is a papillomavirus which infects certain...

Tree of Life Parataxonomy Phenogram Set theory Taxonomy (general) Virus classification This ranking system, except for "Strain", can be remembered by the...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3, HHV3), is one of nine known herpes viruses that can infect humans. It causes chickenpox...

genus Flavivirus, which also contains the Zika virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus. The virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly species...

Canine parvovirus (also referred to as CPV, CPV2, or parvo) is a contagious virus mainly affecting dogs and wolves. CPV is highly contagious and is spread...

vacuolating virus 40 or simian virus 40, a polyomavirus that is found in both monkeys and humans. Like other polyomaviruses, SV40 is a DNA virus that is found...

Nipah virus (Henipavirus nipahense) is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very...

helper virus for its replication. Satellites can be divided into two major groups: satellite viruses and satellite nucleic acids. Satellite viruses, which...

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus species in the genus Tobamovirus that infects a wide range of plants, especially...

Rose rosette virus (RRV) is a negative sense RNA virus species of virus in the genus Emaravirus. It is known to infect roses (Rosa spp.), in which it causes...

Powassan virus (POWV) is a Flavivirus transmitted by ticks, found in North America and in the Russian Far East. It is named after the town of Powassan...

Influenza B virus is the only species in the genus Betainfluenzavirus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. Influenza B virus is a negative-sense single-strand...

Influenza A virus (Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae) or IAV is the only species of the genus Alphainfluenzavirus of the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It...

Hepatitis A is an infectious liver disease caused by Hepatitis A virus (HAV); it is a type of viral hepatitis. Many cases have few or no symptoms, especially...

Marburg virus (MARV) is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus...