Taxon Details

Etymology: from the Greek astron, meaning "star", referring to the star-like appearance of spikes projecting from the surface of virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Created in Proposal: ICTV 6th Report.pdf PubMed ID: 15802951
Report Chapter: Astroviridae

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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