| Arteriviridae | |
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| Arterivirus virion | |
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| Equine artevirus genome | |
Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Suborder: | Arnidovirineae |
| Family: | Arteriviridae |
Arteriviridae is a family ofenveloped,positive-strand RNA viruses in the orderNidovirales which infectvertebrates.[1][2] Host organisms includeequids,pigs,Possums,nonhuman primates, androdents. The family includes, for example,equine arteritis virus in horses which causes mild-to-severe respiratory disease and reproductive failure,porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus type 1 andtype 2 in pigs which causes a similar disease,simian hemorrhagic fever virus which causes a highly lethal fever,lactate dehydrogenase–elevating virus which affects mice, andwobbly possum disease virus.[3][4]
Member viruses are enveloped, spherical, and 45–60 nm in diameter.[5]
Arteriviruses have apositive-sense single-stranded RNA genome.[5]
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The family contains six subfamilies that contain 13 genera. This taxonomy is shown hereafter (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus):[6]
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