Virus Taxonomy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I: Introduction to the Universal System of Virus Taxonomy.
• The History of Virus Taxonomy.
• The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
• The Universal System of Virus Taxonomy.
• Virus Nomenclature.
• Structural, Genomic, Physicochemical and Replicative Properties of Viruses Used in Taxonomy.
• Some Properties of Viruses Used in Taxonomy.
• Taxonomy and Unambiguous Virus Identification.
• Taxonomy and the Adequate Description of New Viruses.
• Taxonomy in Diagnostic Virology.
• The Future of Virus Taxonomy.
• II: The Viruses.
• Glossary of Abbreviations and Virological Terms.
• Virus Diagrams.
• Taxa Listed Alphabetically.
• Taxa Listed by Host.
• Taxa Listed by Nucleic Acid.
• Key to the Placement of Viruses in Taxa.
• The Order of Presentation of the Viruses.
• Descriptions of Taxa.
• III: The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
• Officers and Members of the ICTV, 1990–1993.
• The Statutes of the ICTV, 1993.
• The Rules of Virus Classification and Nomenclature, 1993.
• The Format for Submission of New Taxonomic Proposals.
• IV: Indexes.
• Author Index.
• Virus Index.
• Taxonomic Index.