Alphanodavirus

Alphanodavirus
Structure of "Nodamura virus"
Structure of Nodamura virus[1]
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Magsaviricetes
Order: Nodamuvirales
Family: Nodaviridae
Genus: Alphanodavirus

Alphanodavirus is a genus of non-enveloped positive-strand RNA viruses in the family Nodaviridae.[2] Insects, mammals, and fishes serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this genus include: Nodamura virus paralysis in infected wax moth larvae. Member viruses can also provoke paralysis and death to suckling mice and suckling hamsters. There are five species in this genus.[3][4]

  1. ^ "1NOV." RCSB PDB. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
  2. ^ Sahul Hameed, AS; Ninawe, AS; Nakai, T; Chi, SC; Johnson, KL; ICTV Report, Consortium (January 2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nodaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 100 (1): 3–4. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001170. PMID 30431412.
  3. ^ "ICTV Report Nodaviridae".
  4. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 12 June 2015.