Holly R. Hughes*
Arboviral Diseases Branch
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fort Collins, 80521
USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Stephen R. Sharpe
CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP),
East Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
* To whom correspondence should be addressed
As there is only one genus in the family, the distinguishing features correspond to the family description.
1) The host species for the virus must be assigned convincingly.
Holly R. Hughes and Stephen R. Sharpe
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Hughes & Sharpe (2026): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Artiviridae 2026, J Gen Virol (in press)
Corresponding author: Holly R. Hughes ([email protected])
Edited by: Evelien Adriaenssens
Posted: November 2026
Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations
Exemplar isolate of the species
Adam, G., D. Peters and R. Goldbach (1995). Serological comparison of tospovirus isolates using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 431: 135-58.
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter will be published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Paolo Margaria, Scott Adkins, Ozgur Batuman, Amalendu Ghosh, Holly R. Hughes, Rayapati A. Naidu, Massimo Turina and Anna E. Whitfield (2026): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Tospoviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology (in press)
Paolo Margaria*
Tospoviridae Study Group Chair
Plant Virus Department
Leibniz Institute DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH
Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig
Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
