The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN): proposal to delete Rule 3.41

Arch Virol. 2013 Jan;158(1):297-9. doi: 10.1007/s00705-012-1453-1. Epub 2012 Aug 31.

Abstract

It is proposed to delete Rule 3.41 of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature, which requires the name of a virus taxon to precede the term for the taxonomic unit.

Publication types

  • News
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Classification / methods
  • Internationality
  • Terminology as Topic*
  • Viruses / classification*
  • Viruses / genetics