ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae

Overview

Journal J Gen Virol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2019 Jun 14

PMID 31192784

Citations 47

Authors

Sheli R Radoshitzky

Michael J Buchmeier

Remi N Charrel

J Christopher S Clegg

Jean-Paul J Gonzalez

Stephan Gunther

Jussi Hepojoki

Jens H Kuhn

Igor S Lukashevich

Victor Romanowski

Maria S Salvato

Manuela Sironi

Mark D Stenglein

Juan Carlos de la Torre

Ictv Report Consortium

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Abstract

Members of the family Arenaviridae produce enveloped virions containing genomes consisting of two or three single-stranded RNA segments totalling about 10.5 kb. Arenaviruses can infect mammals, including humans and other primates, snakes, and fish. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Arenaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/arenaviridae.

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