Abstract
Peribunyaviruses are enveloped and possess three distinct, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA segments comprising 11.2–12.5 kb in total. The family includes globally distributed viruses in the genera Orthobunyavirus, Herbevirus, Pacuvirus and Shangavirus. Most viruses are maintained in geographically-restricted vertebrate–arthropod transmission cycles that can include transovarial transmission from arthropod dam to offspring. Others are arthropod-specific. Arthropods can be persistently infected. Human infection occurs through blood feeding by an infected vector arthropod. Infections can result in a diversity of human and veterinary clinical outcomes in a strain-specific manner. Segment reassortment is evident between some peribunyaviruses. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the family Peribunyaviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/peribunyaviridae.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 1365 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-2 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of General Virology |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bunyavirus
- Herbevirus
- ICTV Report
- Orthobunyavirus
- Pacuvirus
- Peribunyaviridae
- Shangavirus
- Taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology