Molecular and Ecological Studies of a Virus Family (Iridoviridae) Infecting Invertebrates and Ectothermic Vertebrates

V Gregory Chinchar; Amanda L J Duffus

doi:10.3390/v11060538

Molecular and Ecological Studies of a Virus Family (Iridoviridae) Infecting Invertebrates and Ectothermic Vertebrates

Viruses. 2019 Jun 9;11(6):538. doi: 10.3390/v11060538.

Authors

V Gregory Chinchar¹, Amanda L J Duffus²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. vchinchar@umc.edu.
² Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gordon State College, Barnesville, GA 30204, USA. aduffus@gordonstate.edu.

Abstract

Research involving viruses within the family Iridoviridae (generically designated iridovirids to distinguish members of the family Iridoviridae from members of the genus Iridovirus) has markedly increased in recent years [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Ecology*
Genome, Viral
Invertebrates / virology*
Iridoviridae / classification
Iridoviridae / genetics*
Iridoviridae / physiology
Iridovirus / classification
Iridovirus / genetics
Phylogeny
Vertebrates / virology*