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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)
Archives of Virology, Volume 167, No. 11, Year 2022
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Description
This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2022. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 174 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its annual meeting in July 2021. All proposals were ratified by an absolute majority of the ICTV members. Of note, the Study Groups have started to implement the new rule for uniform virus species naming that became effective in 2021 and mandates the binomial ‘Genus_name species_epithet’ format with or without Latinization. As a result of this ratification, the names of 6,481 virus species (more than 60 percent of all species names currently recognized by ICTV) now follow this format. © 2022, This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply.
Authors & Co-Authors
Walker, Peter J.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Siddell, Stuart G.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Lefkowitz, Elliot J.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mushegian, Arcady R.
United States, Alexandria
National Science Foundation
Adriaenssens, Evelien M.
United Kingdom, Norwich
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane
Brazil, Vicosa
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
Dutilh, Bas E.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
Germany, Jena
Friedrich-schiller-universität Jena
García, María Laura
Argentina, La Plata
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
Junglen, Sandra
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Krupovic, Mart
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Kuhn, Jens H.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Lambert, Amy J.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Łobocka, Małgorzata B.
Poland, Warszawa
Polish Academy of Sciences
Oksanen, Hanna M.
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Orton, Richard J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Mrc-university of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Robertson, David L.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Mrc-university of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Rubino, Luisa
Italy, Rome
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Sabanadzovic, Sead
United States, Mississippi State
Mississippi State University
Simmonds, Peter
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Smith, Donald B.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Japan, Okayama
Okayama University
van Doorslaer, Koenraad
United States, Tucson
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Vandamme, Anne Mieke
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Varsani, Arvind
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
Brazil, Vicosa
Universidade Federal de Vicosa
Statistics
Citations: 121
Authors: 25
Affiliations: 24
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00705-022-05516-5
ISSN:
03048608