New! Virion Diagrams Diagrams of virion morphology by host and genome type are now available Read more
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Webinar Access information and view the video from the March 2024 Webinar. Read more
LIVE Webinar on Virus Taxonomy ICTV Webinar: March 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon CDT. Agenda. Register. Read more
New ICTV Report Chapter New Report chapter for the (-) sense RNA virus family, Kolmioviridae. Read more
Etymology of Taxon Names Were you ever curious about taxon name origins? Find out on our Etymology page Read more
Public Executive Committee Plenary Meeting 2023 November 2nd, 2023, 5:00-7:00 PM UCT via Zoom. Register at plenary@ictv.global Read more
New ICTV Report Chapters Report chapters for (-) sense RNA virus families: Qinviridae, Yueviridae, and Tosoviridae. Read more
New ICTV Report Chapters Report chapters for the families: Amnoonviridae, Xinmoviridae, Sunviridae, and Phenuiviridae Read more
New Taxonomy Release:MSL38 - 2022 v3 Version 3 of MSL38, the 2022 ICTV taxonomy release is now available Read more
Metagenomic Virus Sequence Submission Submission guidelines for uncultivated genome sequences Read more
See us at ASV 2023 June 24-28 Athens, GA Learn about the ICTV at the American Society for Virology meeting Read more
New Taxonomy Release:MSL38 - 2022 v2 Version 2 of MSL38, the 2022 ICTV taxonomy release is now available Read more
Virus taxonomy and the role of the ICTV Organization, function, processes, and resources of the ICTV Read more
New Release of the VMR:Virus Metadata Resource A new VMR is now available: MSL38; April 2023 Read more
Browse the Virus TaxonomyVisually View the current virus taxonomy using our new visual browser Read more
New Taxonomy Release:MSL38 - 2022 The 2022 ICTV taxonomy release (MSL38) is now available online. Read more
ICTV Executive Committee Nominations Nominations for 2023 ICTV Officers and Elected Members Read more
Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy The future development and expansion of virus taxonomy Read more
New Report Chapter:Sphaerolipoviridae ICTV Report on the dsDNA virus family Sphaerolipoviridae Read more
New Release of the Virus Metadata Resource New Virus Metadata Resource: Version 21; November 22, 2022 Read more
Submit Your Taxonomy Proposal for 2022 Submit a taxonomy proposal for the 2022 ICTV release Read more
Ratification of 2021 taxonomy proposals Ratification of proposals approved by the EC in July, 2021 is underway Read more
Differentiating between viruses and virus species A primer on how to write species names and virus names Read more
Welcome to the new ICTV Web Site! Data, tools, and information on virus classification and taxonomy Read more
Taxonomic classification of uncultivated viruses Classification of viruses identified through metagenomics Read more
What’s the point of virus taxonomy? Read about the importance of virus taxonomy, classification, and naming Read more
Virology Division & Archives of Virology 30th years of collaboration: Archives of Virology and IUMS Virology Division Read more