Virus TaxonomyClassification and Nomenclature of VirusesNinth Report of theInternational Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesEditorsAndrew M.Ọ. King, Mich Virus taxonomyhael J. Adams, Eric B. Carstens, and Elliot J. LefkowitzInternational Union of Microbiological Societies Virology DivisionELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESSAmsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London • New York • Oxford Paris • San Diego • San Francisco • Singapore • Sydney • TokyoAcademic Press is an imprint of Virus taxonomyElsevier32 Jamestown Road, London NW1 7BY, UK225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA525 B Street, Suite 1800, San Diego, CA 02101-4405, USACopyright
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sVirus TaxonomyClassification and Nomenclature of VirusesNinth Report of theInternational Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesEditorsAndrew M.Ọ. King, Mich Virus taxonomyand study groups that draw on the experience of a large number of virologists throughout the world and their collective efforts are represented by this Report.Part I is an introduction that includes a historical survey of the development of virus taxonomy and explains the operation of the current ta Virus taxonomyxonomic system.Part II is the main body of the Report and includes descriptions of all the orders, families, subfamilies, and genera of viruses recogn
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ized by ICTV as of April 2011 and lists the species associated with each.Virus TaxonomyClassification and Nomenclature of VirusesNinth Report of theInternational Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesEditorsAndrew M.Ọ. King, MichVirus TaxonomyClassification and Nomenclature of VirusesNinth Report of theInternational Committee on Taxonomy of VirusesEditorsAndrew M.Ọ. King, Mich