Genus Passerivirus

Genus Passerivirus presently comprises 2 species:

Species: Passerivirus ahokorobi (formerly Passerivirus A), 1 type
Species: Passerivirus bewaxi (formerly Passerivirus B), 1 type

Genome layout: VPg-5'UTRIRES[L-1AB-1C-1D/2AH-box/NC-2B-2Chel/3A-3BVPg- 3Cpro-3Dpol]3'UTR-poly(A)

There are 19 GenBank entries (as of 22 June 2026) !

Species

Type

Strain

Length

Acc. No.

Reference

Passerivirus ahokorobi

(formerly
Passerivirus A)

PasV-A1

passerivirus A1 (turdivirus 1)
strain 00356 (pale thrush/Hong Kong/2007)

8035 nt

GU182406

Woo et al. 2010. Comparative analysis of six genome sequences of three novel picornaviruses, turdiviruses 1, 2 and 3, in dead wild birds, and proposal of two novel genera, Orthoturdivirus and Paraturdivirus, in the family Picornaviridae. J Virol 91(10):2433-2448.

NC_014411

Woo et al. 2010. Comparative analysis of six genome sequences of three novel picornaviruses, turdiviruses 1, 2 and 3, in dead wild birds, and proposal of two novel genera, Orthoturdivirus and Paraturdivirus, in the family Picornaviridae. J Virol 91(10):2433-2448.

PasV-A1

passerivirus A1 (turdivirus 1)
strain 007167 (grey-backe thrush/Hong Kong/2007)

8034 nt

GU182407

Woo et al. 2010. Comparative analysis of six genome sequences of three novel picornaviruses, turdiviruses 1, 2 and 3, in dead wild birds, and proposal of two novel genera, Orthoturdivirus and Paraturdivirus, in the family Picornaviridae. J Virol 91(10):2433-2448.

Passerivirus bewaxi

(formerly
Passerivirus B)

PasV-B1

passerivirus B1
strain waxbill/DB01/HUN/2014

9130 nt

MF977321

Pankovics et al. 2018. Arch. Virol. in press.

NC_036588

Pankovics et al. 2018. Arch. Virol. in press.

PasV-B1

passerivirus B1
strain waxbill/DB02/HUN/2014

302 nt

MF977322

Pankovics et al. 2018. Arch. Virol. in press.

PasV-B1

passerivirus B1
strain waxbill/DB03/HUN/2014

364 nt

MF977323

Pankovics et al. 2018. Arch. Virol. in press.




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