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Peter J Walker1, Nicolas Bejerman2, Kim R Blasdell3
1University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Abstract:
The family Rhabdoviridae comprises viruses with unsegmented, bi-segmented or tri-segmented negative-sense (-) RNA genomes of 10-16 kb. Virions are typically enveloped, with bullet-shaped or bacilliform morphology, but can also be non-enveloped filaments. Rhabdoviruses infect plants or animals, including vertebrates or invertebrates such as arthropods, which can serve as single hosts or act as biological vectors for transmission to animals or plants. Rhabdoviruses include important pathogens of humans, livestock, fish or agricultural crops. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Rhabdoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/rhabdoviridae.
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