Dear Colleagues,

 

If you require citing a reference related to the taxonomy of iridoviruses, or more specifically ranaviruses, the “proper” choice is:

 

     

C  Chinchar, VG, Hick, P, Ince IA, Jancovich JK, Marschang R, Qin Q, Subramaniam K, Waltzek TB, Whittington R, Williams T, Zhang QY, and the ICTV Report Consortium. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iridoviridae.  J. Gen. Virol. 98: 890 – 891, 2017.  This two page report is a summary of the Iridoviridae chapter within the current ICTV Report (the 10th) and is available at www.ictv.global/report/iridoviridae.  The full report is available online at the above address, but the JGV article provides a reference that can be cited.  Clearly, there are additional references addressing the biology, ecology, pathology of iridoviruses…but this one address their taxonomy. 

 

G   Greg

 

Cl  V. Gregory Chinchar, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

University of Mississippi Medical Center]

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