Abbreviations

In addition to universally accepted abbreviations such as DNA and RNA, it is common practice to use abbreviations for virological and technical words in virology. In the Report, we have adopted commonly used abbreviations (e.g. CP for capsid protein and NC for nucleocapsid). These have been approved by the Executive Committee of ICTV for use in the ICTV Report but have no official status. The abbreviations will be used without definition throughout the book, except in a few instances where Study Group conventions (e.g.

Acknowledgments

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has the task of developing a single, universal taxonomic scheme for all viruses irrespective of host. The Executive Committee coordinates a series of subcommittees and study groups that draw on the experience of a large number of virol­ogists throughout the world and their collective efforts are represented by this Report. 

ICTV Report

Editor in Chief: Evelien Adriaenssens

Past Editor in Chief: Stuart G. Siddell

Editors: Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Sead Sabanadzovic, Peter Simmonds and Murilo Zerbini 

Managing Editor: Donald B. Smith

A paper that provides a primer on how to write virus species names using the new binomial format has been published in the Virology Division News section of Archives of Virology:

Viroids

dsRNA Viruses Report Chapters

Negative-sense RNA Viruses Report Chapters

Reverse Transcribing DNA and RNA Viruses Report Chapters

ssDNA Viruses Report Chapters