Journal article
Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae
Archives of virology, Vol.168(9), 224
09/01/2023
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-023-05835-1
Abstract
This review provides a summary of the recently ratified changes to genus and species nomenclature within the virus family Flaviviridae along with reasons for these changes. First, it was considered that the vernacular terms “flaviviral”, “flavivirus”, and “flaviviruses” could under certain circumstances be ambiguous due to the same word stem “flavi” in the taxon names Flaviviridae and Flavivirus; these terms could either have referred to all viruses classified in the family Flaviviridae or only to viruses classified in the included genus Flavivirus. To remove this ambiguity, the genus name Flavivirus was changed to Orthoflavivirus by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Second, all species names in the family were changed to adhere to a newly ICTV-mandated binomial format (e.g., Orthoflavivirus zikaense, Hepacivirus hominis) similar to nomenclature conventions used for species elsewhere in biology. It is important to note, however, that virus names remain unchanged. Here we outline the revised taxonomy of the family Flaviviridae as approved by the ICTV in April 2023.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae
- Creators
- Thomas S. Postler - International AIDS Vaccine InitiativeMartin Beer - Friedrich-Loeffler-InstitutBradley J. Blitvich - Iowa State UniversityJens Bukh - University of CopenhagenXavier de Lamballerie - Aix-Marseille UniversitéJ. Felix Drexler - Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinAllison Imrie - The University of Western AustraliaAmit Kapoor - The Ohio State UniversityGalina G. Karganova - Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral EncephalitidesPhilippe Lemey - Rega Institute for Medical ResearchVolker Lohmann - Heidelberg UniversityPeter Simmonds - University of OxfordDonald B. Smith - University of OxfordJack T. Stapleton - Iowa City VA Health Care SystemJens H. Kuhn - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of virology, Vol.168(9), 224
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00705-023-05835-1
- ISSN
- 0304-8608
- eISSN
- 1432-8798
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Grant note
- HHSN272201800013C / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000060)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984453333502771
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