Rhabdoviridae

Rhabdoviridae
Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSV), the prototypical rhabdovirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Rhabdoviridae
Genera

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Rhabdoviridae is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales.[1] Vertebrates (including mammals and humans), invertebrates, plants, fungi and protozoans serve as natural hosts.[2][3][4] Diseases associated with member viruses include rabies encephalitis caused by the rabies virus, and flu-like symptoms in humans caused by vesiculoviruses. The name is derived from Ancient Greek rhabdos, meaning rod, referring to the shape of the viral particles.[5] The family has 62 genera, most assigned to four subfamilies.[6]

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  4. ^ Fan Mu, Bo Li, Shufen Cheng, Jichun Jia, Daohong Jiang, Yanping Fu, Jiasen Cheng, Yang Lin, Tao Chen, Jiatao Xie (2021). Nine viruses from eight lineages exhibiting new evolutionary modes that co-infect a hypovirulent phytopathogenic fungus. Plos Pathogens.
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