Scutavirus

Scutavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Peploviricota
Class: Herviviricetes
Order: Herpesvirales
Family: Orthoherpesviridae
Subfamily: Alphaherpesvirinae
Genus: Scutavirus
Species

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Scutavirus is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae, in the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae. Turtles and tortoises serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this genus include fibropapillomatosis.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 12 August 2015.