Taxon Details

Taxon name: flaviviridae

from the Latin flavus, meaning “yellow”, referring to yellow fever, the disease caused by yellow fever virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Flaviviridae Created in Proposal: Ratification_1984.pdf Reference: PMID: 3000978

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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