Genus Rafivirus

Genus Rafivirus presently comprises 3 species:

Rafivirus A, 1 type
Rafivirus B, 1 type
Rafivirus C, 1 type (rhimavirus)

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

There are 5 GenBank entries (as of 22 June 2019) !

Species

Type

Strain

Length

Acc. No.

Reference

Rafivirus A

RafV-A1

rafivirus A1 (tortoise rafivirus)
strain UF4

7204 nt

KJ415177

Ng et al. 2015. A tortoise-infecting picornavirus expands the host range of the family Picornaviridae. Arch. Virol. 160(5):1319-1323.

RafV-A1

rafivirus A1 (tortoise rafivirus)
strain WHWGGF74766

7315 nt

MG600109

Shi et al. 2018. The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses. Nature 556:197-202.

Rafivirus B

RafV-B1

rafivirus B1
(Hainan gekko similignum rafivirus)
strain LPXYC222841

7400 nt

MG600090

Shi et al. 2018. The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses. Nature 556:197-202.

Rafivirus C

RafV-C1

rafivirus C1 (rhimavirus)
strain Rhinella marina/AU1/Australia/2017

7456 nt

MG967619

Russo et al. 2018. Viral discovery in the invasive Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina) using metatranscriptomic and genomic approaches. J Virol, JVI.00768-18.

7456 nt

NC_040642

Russo et al. 2018. Viral discovery in the invasive Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina) using metatranscriptomic and genomic approaches. J Virol, JVI.00768-18.




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