Taxonomy of the family Arenaviridae and the order Bunyavirales: update 2018

• DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3843-5
• Publication Date: 2018-04-21T05:46:17Z
• Authors: Piet Maes; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Yīmíng Bào; Martin Beer; Monica Birkhead; Thomas Briese; Michael J. Buchmeier; Charles H. Calisher; Rémi N. Charrel; Il Ryong Choi; Christopher S. Clegg; Juan Carlos de la...; Eric Delwart; Joseph L. DeRisi; Patrick L. Di Bello; Francesco Di Serio; Michele Digiaro; Valerian V. Dolja; Christian Drosten; Tobiasz Z. Druciarek; Jiang Du; Hideki Ebihara; Toufic Elbeaino; Rose C. Gergerich; Amethyst N. Gillis; Jean-Paul J. Gonz...; Anne-Lise Haenni; Jussi Hepojoki; Udo Hetzel; Thiện Hồ; Ní Hóng; Rakesh K. Jain; Petrus Jansen van...; Qi Jin; Miranda Gilda Jonson; Sandra Junglen; Karen E. Keller; Alan Kemp; Anja Kipar; Nikola O. Kondov; Eugene V. Koonin; Richard Kormelink; Yegor Korzyukov; Mart Krupovic; Amy J. Lambert; Alma G. Laney; Matthew LeBreton; Igor S. Lukashevich; Marco Marklewitz; Wanda Markotter; Giovanni P. Martelli; Robert R. Martin; Nicole Mielke-Ehret; Hans-Peter Mühlbach; Beatriz Navarro; Terry Fei Fan Ng; Márcio Roberto Te...; Gustavo Palacios; Janusz T. Pawęska; Clarence J. Peters; Alexander Plyusnin; Sheli R. Radoshitzky; Víctor Romanowski; Pertteli Salmenperä; Maria S. Salvato; Hélène Sanfaçon; Takahide Sasaya; Connie Schmaljohn; Bradley S. Schneider; Yukio Shirako; Stuart Siddell; Tarja A. Sironen; Mark D. Stenglein; Nadia Storm; Harikishan Sudini; Robert B. Tesh; Ioannis E. Tzanet...; Mangala Uppala; Olli Vapalahti; Nikos Vasilakis; Peter J. Walker; Guópíng Wáng; Lìpíng Wáng; Yànxiăng Wáng; Tàiyún Wèi; Michael R. Wiley; Yuri I. Wolf; Nathan D. Wolfe; Zhìqiáng Wú; Wénxìng Xú; Li Yang; Zuòkūn Yāng; Shyi-Dong Yeh; Yǒng-Zhèn Zhāng; Yàzhōu Zhèng; Xueping Zhou; Chénxī Zhū; Florian Zirkel; Jens H. Kuhn
• Keywords: Virus classification; Arenavirus

In 2018, the family Arenaviridae was expanded by inclusion of 1 new genus and 5 novel species. At the same time, the recently established order Bunyavirales was expanded by 3 species. This article presents the updated taxonomy of the family Arenaviridae and the order Bunyavirales as now accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) and summarizes additional taxonomic proposals that may affect the order in the near future.