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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Redondoviridae

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Viruses in the family Redondoviridae have a circular genome of 3.0 kb with three open reading frames. The packaged genome is inferred to be single-stranded DNA by analogy to related viruses. Redondoviruses were discovered through metagenomic sequencing methods in samples from human subjects and are inferred to replicate in humans. Evidence of redondovirus infection is associated with periodontitis and critical illness, but redondoviruses have not been shown to be the causative agent of any diseases. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Redondoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/redondoviridae .

Source: Journal of General Virology

DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001526

Authors: Arwa Abbas, Louis J. Taylor, Ronald G. Collman, Frederic D. Bushman

Institutions: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases