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The genus Enterovirus consists of
15 species:
Enterovirus A,
Enterovirus B,
Enterovirus C,
Enterovirus D,
Enterovirus E,
Enterovirus F,
Enterovirus G,
Enterovirus H,
Enterovirus
I,
Enterovirus J,
Enterovirus K,
Enterovirus L,
Rhinovirus
A, Rhinovirus B
and
Rhinovirus C.
The Enterovirus type species is
Enterovirus C.
The three poliovirus serotypes now belong to the
species
Enterovirus C and the species
Poliovirus no longer exists.
A new enterovirus has been found in camels (Dromedary
camel enterovirus); now designated as
Enterovirus
I.
Enterovirus and rhinovirus species
names have been changed to remove references to host species names (approved
by the ICTV Feb 2013)
Current species name* |
Former species name |
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Enterovirus A |
Human enterovirus A |
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Enterovirus B |
Human enterovirus B |
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Enterovirus C |
Human enterovirus C |
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Enterovirus D |
Human enterovirus D |
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Enterovirus E |
Bovine enterovirus (group A) |
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Enterovirus F |
Bovine enterovirus (group B) |
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Enterovirus G |
Porcine enterovirus B |
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Enterovirus H |
Simian enterovirus A |
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Enterovirus I |
- |
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Enterovirus J |
unclassified simian viruses |
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Enterovirus K |
- |
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Enterovirus L |
- |
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Rhinovirus A |
Human rhinovirus A |
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Rhinovirus B |
Human rhinovirus B |
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Rhinovirus C |
Human rhinovirus C |
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Genome organisation:
VPg+5’UTRIRES-I[1A-1B-1C-1D/2Apro-2Bviro-2C/3A-3BVPg-3Cpro-3Dpol]3’UTR-poly(A)
The former species
Porcine
enterovirus A has been renamed
Sapelovirus
A (formerly Porcine saplelovirus) and moved to a new genus,
Sapelovirus.
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