Family of viruses
Asfarviridae is a family of viruses, the best-studied of which isAfrican swine fever virus, which aredouble-stranded DNA viruses.[1]
There is only one species under Asfarviridae in ICTV 2022:
But, there may be more viruses:
- ^abcdefghKarki, Sangita; Moniruzzaman, Mohammad; Aylward, Frank O. (2021)."Comparative Genomics and Environmental Distribution of Large dsDNA Viruses in the Family Asfarviridae".Frontiers in Microbiology.12 657471.doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.657471.PMC 8005611.PMID 33790885.
- ^ab"Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release".International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2023. Retrieved19 August 2023.
- ^Matsuyama, Tomomasa; Takano, Tomokazu; Nishiki, Issei; Fujiwara, Atushi; Kiryu, Ikunari; Inada, Mari; Sakai, Takamitsu; Terashima, Sachiko; Matsuura, Yuta; Isowa, Kiyoshi; Nakayasu, Chihaya (2020)."A novel Asfarvirus-like virus identified as a potential cause of mass mortality of abalone".Scientific Reports.10 (1): 4620.Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.4620M.doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61492-3.PMC 7067878.PMID 32165658.
- ^Bajrai, Leena; Benamar, Samia; Azhar, Esam; Robert, Catherine; Levasseur, Anthony; Raoult, Didier; La Scola, Bernard (2016)."Kaumoebavirus, a New Virus That Clusters with Faustoviruses and Asfarviridae".Viruses.8 (11): 278.doi:10.3390/v8110278.PMC 5127008.PMID 27801826.
- ^Andreani, Julien; Khalil, Jacques Yaacoub Bou; Sevvana, Madhumati; Benamar, Samia; Di Pinto, Fabrizio; Bitam, Idir; Colson, Philippe; Klose, Thomas; Rossmann, Michael G.; Raoult, Didier; La Scola, Bernard (2017)."Pacmanvirus, a New Giant Icosahedral Virus at the Crossroads between Asfarviridae and Faustoviruses".Journal of Virology.91 (14) e00212–17.doi:10.1128/JVI.00212-17.PMC 5487549.PMID 28446673.
