Family
Positive-sense RNA Viruses

Family: Kitaviridae

Family: Kitaviridae
 

Pedro L. Ramos-González, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Jun-Min Li, Antonio Tiberini, Avijit Roy, and Caixia Yang

The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary to be published as Ramos-González et al. (2026): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Kitaviridae 2026, Journal of General Virology, (in press)

Genus
Negative-sense RNA Viruses

Genus: Betaplatrhavirus

Family: Rhabdoviridae

Genus: Betaplatrhavirus

 

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Betaplatrhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Members of the genus have been detected in flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes) or vertebrate tissue samples. They are distinct phylogenetically from rhabdoviruses assigned to the genera Alphaplatrhavirus and Gammaplatrhavirus.

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