| Literature DB >> 29087278 |
Bert Rima1, Peter Collins2, Andrew Easton3, Ron Fouchier4, Gael Kurath5, Robert A Lamb6, Benhur Lee7, Andrea Maisner8, Paul Rota9, Linfa Wang10.
Abstract
The family Pneumoviridae comprises large enveloped negative-sense RNA viruses. This taxon was formerly a subfamily within the Paramyxoviridae, but was reclassified in 2016 as a family with two genera, Orthopneumovirus and Metapneumovirus. Pneumoviruses infect a range of mammalian species, while some members of the Metapneumovirus genus may also infect birds. Some viruses are specific and pathogenic for humans, such as human respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus. There are no known vectors for pneumoviruses and transmission is thought to be primarily by aerosol droplets and contact. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Pneumoviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/pneumoviridae.Entities:
Keywords: ICTV; Pneumoviridae; human metapneumovirus; human respiratory syncytial virus; taxonomy
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29087278 PMCID: PMC5775899 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000959
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Virol ISSN: 0022-1317 Impact factor: 3.891