Year: 2017
Type: review
Abstract: Astroviruses are a diverse family of viruses that infect a wide range of mammalian and avian hosts. Here we describe the phylogenetic diversity and current classification methodology of astroviruses based on the ORF1b and ORF2 genes, highlighting the propensity of astroviruses to undergo interspecies transmission and genetic recombination which greatly increase diversity and complicate attempts at a unified and comprehensive classification strategy.
Source: Viruses
DOI: 10.3390/v9050102
Authors: Celeste Donato, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna
Institutions: Monash University, Duke-NUS Medical School
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,137
OpenAlex ID: W2612817723