Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Adenoviridae Proposal: Ratification_1975.pdf ICTV Report: Adenoviridae Reference: PMID: 13223958

from adenoid, the tissue where adenoviruses, originally named adenoid degeneration viruses, were discoverd in 1953; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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