Indiana vesiculovirus

Indiana vesiculovirus
TEM micrograph of "Indiana vesiculovirus" particles
TEM micrograph of Indiana vesiculovirus particles
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Rhabdoviridae
Genus: Vesiculovirus
Species:
Indiana vesiculovirus
Synonyms[1]
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
  • Vesicular stomatitis virus

Indiana vesiculovirus, formerly Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV or VSV) is a virus in the family Rhabdoviridae; the well-known Rabies lyssavirus belongs to the same family. VSIV can infect insects, cattle, horses and pigs. It has particular importance to farmers in certain regions of the world where it infects cattle. This is because its clinical presentation is identical to the very important foot and mouth disease virus.[2]

The virus is zoonotic and leads to a flu-like illness in infected humans.

It is also a common laboratory virus used to study the properties of viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, as well as to study viral evolution.[3]

  1. ^ "ICTV Taxonomy history: Indiana vesiculovirus" (html). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Vesicular Stomatitis Virus". reviewed and published by WikiVet, accessed 12 October 2011.
  3. ^ Norkin LC (2010). Virology: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis. Washington DC: American Society for Microbiology Press. ISBN 978-1-55581-453-3.