ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Peribunyaviridae. (17th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hughes, Holly R.; Adkins, Scott; Alkhovskiy, Sergey; Beer, Martin; Blair, Carol; Calisher, Charles H.; Drebot, Mike; Lambert, Amy J.; de Souza, William Marciel; Marklewitz, Marco; Nunes, Márcio R. T.; Shí (石晓宏), Xiǎohóng
• Is Part Of: Journal of general virology. Volume 101:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 2
• Publication Date: 2019-12-17
• Subjects: Peribunyaviridae -- bunyavirus -- ICTV Report -- Orthobunyavirus -- Herbevirus -- Pacuvirus -- Shangavirus -- taxonomy; Virology -- Periodicals; Viruses; Microbiology; Virology; Virologie -- Périodiques; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Virology; Virologie; Virologie; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; 579.2
• DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1317

Abstract

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 .