Taxon Details

Taxon name: Arenaviridae

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

ICTV Report: Arenaviridae Proposal: Ratification_1975.pdf Reference: PMID: 4986852

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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