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Unassigned Caphthovirinae
 
The genus Aphthovirus consists of four species Bovine rhinitis A virus, Bovine rhinitis B virus, Equine rhinitis A virus and Foot-and-mouth disease virus. Thus all three bovine rhinoviruses serotypes (previously classified as tentative members of the now defunct genus Rhinovirus) are now classified in the genus Aphthovirus.

Search for Aphthovirus sequences on GenBank


Genome organisation
(to scale)



Current t
axonomy

Genus: Aphthovirus
  Species:
  Bovine rhinitis A virus (formerly BRV-1 & BRV-3) (2 serotypes)
  Bovine rhinitis B virus (formerly BRV-2) (1 serotype)
  Equine rhinitis A virus (formerly ERV-1) (1 serotype)
  Foot-and-mouth disease virus (7 serotypes)

      BRV, bovine rhinovirus
      ERV, equine rhinovirus


Fig. 1. Phylogenetic tree (Neighbor-joining) showing the relationships between the aphthoviruses
(P1 amino acid sequences).

 

 
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