ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iflaviridae

Iflaviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses with monopartite, positive-stranded RNA genomes of approximately 9–11 kilobases. Viruses of all classified species infect arthropod hosts, with the majority infecting insects. Both beneficial and pest insects serve as hosts, and infections can be symptomless (Nilaparvatalugens honeydew virus 1) or cause developmental abnormalities (deformed wing virus), behavioural changes (sacbrood virus) and premature mortality (infectious flacherie virus). The host range has not been examined for most members. The most common route of infection for iflaviruses is the ingestion of virus-contaminated food sources. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Iflaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/iflaviridae.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of General Virology

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1099/jgv.0.000757PMID 28382900PMCID 5657024
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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