Open AccessICTV virus taxonomy profile: Birnaviridae
Author(s) -
Bernard Delmas,
Houssam Attoui,
Souvik Ghosh,
Yashpal Singh Malik,
Egbert Mundt,
Vikram N. Vakharia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/jgv.0.001185
Subject(s) - biology , virology , virus classification , taxonomy (biology) , virus , genome , infectious pancreatic necrosis virus , phylogenetics , zoology , genetics , gene
Birnaviridae is a family of viruses with bi-segmented dsRNA genomes totalling about 6 kbp forming icosahedral, non-enveloped virions. The family includes four genera, members of three of which (Aquabirnavirus, Avibirnavirus and Blosnavirus) infect vertebrates (excluding mammals), whereas members of the fourth genus (Entomobirnavirus) infect insects. Each genus includes 1-3 species. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus of salmonids and infectious bursal disease virus of poultry are two economically important birnaviruses. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of Birnaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/birnaviridae.