Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Arenaviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1975; : ; ICTV Report: Arenaviridae; Reference: PMID: 4986852

from the Spanish arena, meaning “sand", referring to the appearance of mammarenavirus particles observed by electron-microscopy; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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