Taxon Details

Taxon name: Hytrosaviridae

from the Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), meaning, “excessive” and τροφή (trophḗ), meaning “nourishment", and sialoadenitis, meaning salivary gland inflammation referring to the salivary gland hypertrophy in hosts infected by viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

ICTV Report: Hytrosaviridae Created in Proposal: 2009.001a-kI.A.v4.Hytrosaviridae.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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