Gyrovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Family: | Anelloviridae |
Genus: | Gyrovirus |
Gyrovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Anelloviridae. Until 2011, chicken anemia virus was the only Gyrovirus identified, but since then gyroviruses have also been identified in humans. Diseases associated with this genus include: chicken infectious anemia, which is associated with depletion of cortical thymocytes and erythroblastoid cells.[1][2]