title: ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Dicistroviridae.
abstract: Dicistroviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses with monopartite, linear, positive-sense RNA genomes of approximately 8-10 kb. Viruses of all classified species infect arthropod hosts, with some having devastating economic consequences, such as acute bee paralysis virus in domesticated honeybees and taura syndrome virus in shrimp farming. Conversely, the host specificity and other desirable traits exhibited by several members of this group make them potential natural enemies for intentional use against arthropod pests, such as triatoma virus against triatomine bugs that vector Chagas disease. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Dicistroviridae which is available at www.ictv.global/report/dicistroviridae.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville FL 32608, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Valles
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville MD 20705, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Firth
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country (EHU), Biophysics Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), B° Sarriena S/N, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
authors.forename: D M A
authors.initials: DMA
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.affiliation: Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden CT 06450, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 750 07, Sweden.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: de Miranda
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville MD 20705, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryabov
authors.lastname: Ictv Report Consortium
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000821:virology*; D056629:Dicistroviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004199:Disease Vectors; D016679:Genome, Viral; D014224:Triatoma / Q000821:virology; D014771:Virion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019065:Virus Assembly; D014779:Virus Replication