Hytrosaviridae

Hytrosaviridae
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Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Class: Naldaviricetes
Order: Lefavirales
Family: Hytrosaviridae
Genera

Glossinavirus
Muscavirus

Hytrosaviridae is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect insects.[1][2][3] The name is derived from Hytrosa, sigla from the Greek Hypertrophia for 'hypertrophy' and 'sialoadenitis' for 'salivary gland inflammation.'

  1. ^ Abd-Alla A, Vlak J, Bergoin M, Maruniak J, Parker A, Burand J, Jehle J, Boucias D and Hytrosavirus Study Group of the ICTV (2009) Hytrosaviridae: a proposal for classification and nomenclature of a new insect virus family. Arch Virol 154:909–918
  2. ^ Kariithi, HM; Vlak, JM; Jehle, JA; Bergoin, M; Boucias, DG; Abd-Alla, AMM; ICTV Report, Consortium (September 2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hytrosaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 100 (9): 1271–1272. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001300. PMID 31389783.
  3. ^ "ICTV Report Hytrosaviridae".