| Alphamesonivirus | |
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| Electron micrograph of negatively stained Nam Dinh virus (NDiV) virions | |
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| Mesonivirus virion | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Suborder: | Mesnidovirineae |
| Family: | Mesoniviridae |
| Subfamily: | Hexponivirinae |
| Genus: | Alphamesonivirus |
Mesoniviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses in the order Nidovirales which infect mosquitoes. The family is named after the size of the genomes relative to other nidoviruses, with meso- coming from the Greek word mesos, which means medium, and -ni being an abbreviation of nido.[1][2][3]
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