Genus: Salemvirus
Subfamily: Orthoparamyxovirinae
Genus: Salemvirus
These viruses have been isolated from rodents (Lambeth et al., 2009). All members encode a non-structural protein (C).
There are two species in this genus, isolates of which have been obtained from Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon (Salmo salar L. ). The virus genome encodes a non-structural protein (C).
See discussion under family description.
Bert Rima, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, William G. Dundon, Paul Duprex, Andrew Easton, Ron Fouchier, Gael Kurath, Robert Lamb, Benhur Lee, Paul Rota and Linfa Wang