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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae

2017/09/08 by Roland Zell, R. Zell, Eric Delwart +25 · 657 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Animal Virus Infections Studies #Biology #Enterovirus #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Picornaviridae #Picornavirus #Taxonomy (biology) #Viral Infections and Immunology Research #Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology #Virology #Virus #Virus classification #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000911

published in Journal of General Virology 98(10), 2421-2422 (Microbiology Society)

openalex publication_date 2017/09/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

The family Picornaviridae comprises small non-enveloped viruses with RNA genomes of 6.7 to 10.1 kb, and contains >30 genera and >75 species. Most of the known picornaviruses infect mammals and birds, but some have also been detected in reptiles, amphibians and fish. Many picornaviruses are important human and veterinary pathogens and may cause diseases of the central nervous system, heart, liver, skin, gastrointestinal tract or upper respiratory tract. Most picornaviruses are transmitted by the faecal-oral or respiratory routes. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Picornaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/picornaviridae.

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