Taxon Details

Taxon name: Circoviridae

from the Latin circulos meaning "small ring", referring to the circular ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Circoviridae Created in Proposal: Ratification_1993.pdf Reference: PMID: 8494519

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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