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  • Proposals

    Submit Your Taxonomy Proposal for 2025

    The next deadline for submission of taxonomy proposals is June 20, 2025.

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  • Virus Data

    Virion Properties, Diagrams, and Taxon Etymology

    Information on virion diagrams, virus properties, and taxon  name origins, have been updated for MSL40

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  • Webinar

    Webinar on Finding Virus Information

    Access information and view the video from the  March 2025 Webinar

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  • VMR

    New Release: Virus Metadata Resource

    A new (corrected) VMR is now available for MSL40

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  • Error

    ERROR: Virus Metadata Resource

    VMR Release VMR_MSL40.v1_20250303.xlsx has been removed!

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  • MSL

    New Taxonomy Release: MSL40

    MSL40, the 2024-2025 ICTV taxonomy release is now available

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  • Siddell

    New ICTV Life Member: Stuart Siddell

    Stuart Siddell has been elected as a Life Member of the ICTV

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  • Webinar

    How to find information on viruses and virus taxonomy

    ICTV Webinar: March 11, 2025 10:00 AM CDT; 15:00 UTC. Register

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  • Find the Species

    Find the Species

    Find the Species: A new  tool to find a species name starting with all or part of a virus name.

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  • Marc van Regenmortel

    Remembering Marc van Regenmortel

    The life and contributions of Marc H. V. van Regenmortel

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  • VMR

    New Release:
    Virus Metadata Resource

    A New VMR (v4) now available for MSL39.v4

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  • MSL

    Error Correction Release: MSL39v4

    Version 4 of taxonomy release MSL39 is now available.

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  • Virion Properties

    Virus Properties

    Now Available: A table of virus properties by family

     

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  • Virion Diagrams

    Virion Diagrams

    View virion morphology diagrams by host and genome type

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  • Taxonomy Challenge

    ICTV Computational Challenge

    A challenge to build methods to classify virus sequences

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  • VMR

    New Release:
    Virus Metadata Resource

    New VMR now available for MSL39

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  • Visual Browser

    Visual Taxonomy Search Browser

    New: Taxonomy name search using  the visual taxonomy browser

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  • MSL

    New Taxonomy Release: MSL39

    MSL39, the 2023-2024 ICTV taxonomy release is now available

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  • Webinar

    ICTV Virus Taxonomy Webinar

    Access information and view the video from the  March 2024 Webinar.

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  • Webinar

    LIVE Webinar on Virus Taxonomy

    ICTV Webinar: March 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon CDT. Agenda. Register.

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  • Proposal template

    New 2024 proposal templates

    Templates for preparing taxonomic proposals are now available.

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  • Kolmioviridae

    New ICTV Report Chapter

    New Report chapter for the (-) sense RNA virus family, Kolmioviridae.

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  • Etymology: https://www.flickr.com/photos/182229932@N07/48331511411

    Etymology of Taxon Names

    Were you ever curious about taxon name origins? Find out on our Etymology page

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    Public Executive Committee Plenary Meeting 2023

    November 2nd, 2023, 5:00-7:00 PM UCT via Zoom. Register at plenary@ictv.global

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  • Image by rawpixel.com

    ICTV EC: 2023 - 2026

    Get to know the new ICTV Executive Committee: EC Members

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  • Tosoviridae

    New ICTV Report Chapters

    Report chapters for (-) sense RNA virus families: Qinviridae, Yueviridae, and Tosoviridae.

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  • Virus

    New ICTV Report Chapters

    Report chapters for the families: Amnoonviridae, Xinmoviridae, Sunviridae, and Phenuiviridae

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  • VMR

    New Release:
    Virus Metadata Resource

    A new VMR is available:
    VMR/MSL38 v2; September 2023

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  • MSL

    New Taxonomy Release:
    MSL38 - 2022 v3

    Version 3 of MSL38, the 2022 ICTV taxonomy release is now available

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  • Nature Biotechnology

    Metagenomic Virus Sequence Submission

    Submission guidelines for uncultivated genome sequences

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  • ASV 2023

    See us at ASV 2023 June 24-28 Athens, GA

    Learn about the ICTV at the American Society for Virology meeting

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  • Taxonomy Browser

    New Taxonomy Release:
    MSL38 - 2022 v2

    Version 2 of MSL38, the 2022 ICTV taxonomy release is now available

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  • Lispiviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Lispiviridae

    ICTV Report on the (-) sense RNA virus family Lispiviridae

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  • JGV ICTV Manuscript

    Virus taxonomy and the role of the ICTV

    Organization, function, processes, and resources of the ICTV

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  • Davison

    New ICTV Life Member:
    Andrew Davison

    The ICTV honors Andrew Davison as a new Life Member 

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  • VMR

    New Release of the VMR:
    Virus Metadata Resource

    A new VMR is now available:
    MSL38; April 2023

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  • Visual Browser

    Browse the Virus Taxonomy
    Visually

    View the current virus taxonomy using our new visual browser

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  • Taxonomy Browser

    New Taxonomy Release:
    MSL38 - 2022

    The 2022 ICTV taxonomy release (MSL38) is now available online.

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  • Poxviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Poxviridae

    ICTV Report on the dsDNA virus family Poxviridae

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  • Coronaviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Coronaviridae

    ICTV Report on the ssRNA (+) virus family Coronaviridae

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  • Nominations

    ICTV Executive Committee Nominations

    Nominations for 2023 ICTV Officers and Elected Members

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  • Newsletter

    ICTV Newsletter:
    Number 19, 2022

    The ICTV has released Newsletter Number 19, 2022

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  • Universal virus taxonomy

    Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy

    The future development and expansion of virus taxonomy 

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  • Sphaerolipoviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Sphaerolipoviridae

    ICTV Report on the dsDNA virus family  Sphaerolipoviridae

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  • Yadokariviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Yadokariviridae

    ICTV Report on the (+) RNA virus family Yadokariviridae

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  • VMR

    New Release of the
    Virus Metadata Resource

    New Virus Metadata Resource:
    Version 21; November 22, 2022

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  • Hadakaviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Hadakaviridae

    ICTV Report on the (+) RNA virus family Hadakaviridae    

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  • Matonaviridae

    New Report Chapter:
    Matonaviridae

    ICTV Report on the (+) RNA virus family Matonaviridae

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  • Recent changes to virus taxonomy ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2022)

    AoV Report on Release 37 of the ICTV Taxonomy

    2022 Updates to the Virus Taxonomy (MSL #37)

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  • Proposal file

    Submit Your Taxonomy Proposal for 2022

    Submit a taxonomy proposal for the 2022 ICTV release

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  • Taxonomic Ranks

    Taxonomy Release #37 - 2021

    The 2021 ICTV taxonomy release (#37) is now available online.

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  • Ratification 2021

    Ratification of 2021 taxonomy proposals

    Ratification of proposals approved by the EC in July, 2021 is underway

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  • Virus names

    Differentiating between viruses and virus species

    A primer on how to write species names and virus names

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  • ICTV

    Welcome to the new ICTV Web Site!

    Data, tools, and information on virus classification and taxonomy

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  • Virus metagenomics

    Taxonomic classification of uncultivated viruses

    Classification of viruses identified through metagenomics

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  • Proposal

    2021 Taxonomy Proposal Submission

    Submission of taxonomy proposals for EC consideration

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  • Taxonomic Ranks

    Taxonomy Release #36 - 2020

    The 2020 ICTV taxonomy release (#36) is now available online.

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  • Virus taxonomy, classification, and naming

    What’s the point of virus taxonomy?

    Read about the importance of virus taxonomy, classification, and naming

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  • Archives of Virology

    Virology Division & Archives of Virology

    30th years of collaboration: Archives of Virology and IUMS Virology Division

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  • News - 2021

    News from 2021

    News stories posted in 2021

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  • News - 2020

    News from 2020

    News stories posted in 2020

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  • News - 2019

    News from 2019

    News stories posted in 2019

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  • News - 2018

    News from 2018

    News stories posted in 2018

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  • News - 2017

    News from 2017

    News stories posted in 2017

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  • News - 2016

    News from 2016

    News stories posted in 2016

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