Family: Nairoviridae

Genus: Striwavirus

Family: Nairoviridae

Genus: Shaspivirus

Distinguishing features

Shāyáng spider virus 1 (SySV1) is the only classified shaspivirus. SySV1infects araneid spiders (Li et al., 2015).

Virion

Virions are unknown.

Family: Nairoviridae

Genus: Orthonairovirus

Distinguishing features

There are 51 distinct viruses currently assigned to the genus Orthonairovirus. These viruses typically infect specific argasid or ixodid ticks, which transmit them to small vertebrates (birds and mammals) that in turn then server as sources for tick infection. Some orthonairoviruses are transmitted transovarially in ticks.

Family: Nairoviridae

Jens H. Kuhn, Sergey V. Alkhovsky [Альховский Сергей Владимирович], Tatjana Avšič-Županc, Éric Bergeron, Felicity Burt, Koray Ergünay, Aura R. Garrison, Marco Marklewitz, Ali Mirazimi, Anna Papa [Άννα Παπά], Janusz T. Pawęska, Jessica R. Spengler and Gustavo Palacios

The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as:

Citation: Peribunyaviridae

A summary of this ICTV Report chapter will be published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology as de Souza et al., (2024) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Peribunyaviridae 2024 (in press)

References: Peribunyaviridae

Abraham, G. and A. K. Pattnaik (1983). Early RNA synthesis in Bunyamwera virus-infected cells. J Gen Virol 64: 1277-90. [PubMed]

Resources: Peribunyaviridae

Sequence alignments and tree files:

Figure 3 Peribunyaviridae and Figure 2 Orthobunyavirus: 

Tree file (newick format)

Alignment file (FASTA format)

Authors: Peribunyaviridae

William M. de Souza*
Peribunyaviridae Study Group Chair
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, 
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Kentucky
USA.
E-mail: wmdesouza@uky.edu

Family: Peribunyaviridae

Genus: Shangavirus

Family: Peribunyaviridae

Genus: Pacuvirus