A proposal to change existing virus species names to non-Latinized binomials

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1909-1919

  van Regenmortel, Marc H V ^a   Burke, Donald S ^b   Calisher, Charles H ^c   Dietzgen, Ralf G ^d   Fauquet, Claude M ^e   Ghabrial, Said A ^f   Jahrling, Peter B ^g   Johnson, Karl M ^h   Holbrook, Michael R ^g   Horzinek, Marian C ⁱ   Keil, Günther M ^j   Kuhn, Jens H ^g,k   Mahy, Brian W J ^l   Martelli, Giovanni P ^m   Pringle, Craig ⁿ   Rybicki, Edward P ^o   Skern, Tim ^p   Tesh, Robert B ^q   Wahl Jensen, Victoria ^g,k   Walker, Peter J ^r   Weaver, Scott C ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h Special Pathogens Centers for Disease Control (retired)   (United States)

ⁱ Spes Nostra   (Netherlands)

^j FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^k Tunnell Consulting   (United States)

^l CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^m Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^p MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^q University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^r CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PLANT VIRUS;

PLANT VIRUSES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 78149407010     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0831-9     Document Type: Article

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