Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 168; no. 9; p. 224
• Main Authors: Postler, Thomas S., Beer, Martin, Blitvich, Bradley J., Bukh, Jens, de Lamballerie, Xavier, Drexler, J. Felix, Imrie, Allison, Kapoor, Amit, Karganova, Galina G., Lemey, Philippe, Lohmann, Volker, Simmonds, Peter, Smith, Donald B., Stapleton, Jack T., Kuhn, Jens H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2023; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; family; Flaviviridae; Flaviviridae - genetics; Flavivirus; Flavivirus - genetics; genus; Hepacivirus; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Nomenclature; species; Taxonomic revision; taxonomic revisions; Taxonomy; Terminology as Topic; Virology; Virology Division News; Viruses

This review provides a summary of the recently ratified changes to genus and species nomenclature within the virus family Flaviviridae along with reasons for these changes. First, it was considered that the vernacular terms “flaviviral”, “flavivirus”, and “flaviviruses” could under certain circumsta...