In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and
contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the …

In February 2019, following the annual taxon ratification vote, the order Bunyavirales was
amended by creation of two new families, four new subfamilies, 11 new genera and 77 new …

Hantavirus (Bunyaviridae) cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is an emerging health
problem in South America due to urban growth and to the expansion of agriculture and cattle-…

Oropouche virus (OROV) is an important cause of arboviral illness in Latin American countries,
more specifically in the Amazon region of Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, as well as in other …

Ticks are ectoparasites spread worldwide and are well known as vectors of many viruses of
great importance to human and animal health. However, the viral diversity in ticks is still …

In March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

Chapparvoviruses are a highly divergent group of parvoviruses (family Parvoviridae) that
have recently been identified via metagenomic sampling of animal faeces. Here, we report the …

Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in the Americas in 2013 and has caused
approximately 2.1 million cases and >600 deaths. A retrospective investigation was …

Peribunyaviruses are enveloped and possess three distinct, single-stranded, negative-sense
RNA segments comprising 11.2–12.5 kb in total. The family includes globally distributed …