Proposed revision to the taxonomy of the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae.

We propose the creation of seven new species in the genus Pestivirus (family Flaviviridae) in addition to the four existing species, and naming species in a host-independent manner using the format Pestivirus X. Only the virus species names would change; virus isolates would still be referred to by...

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Main Authors: Smith, D, Meyers, G, Bukh, J, Gould, E, Monath, T, Scott Muerhoff, A, Pletnev, A, Rico-Hesse, R, Stapleton, J, Simmonds, P, Becher, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Microbiology Society 2017