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Lyssavirus
| Lyssavirus | |
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| Colored transmission electron micrograph of Australian bat lyssavirus. The bullet-like objects are the virions, and some of them are budding off from a cell. | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Monjiviricetes |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Rhabdoviridae |
| Genus: | Lyssavirus |
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Lyssavirus (from the Greek λύσσα lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus)[1][2] is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts.[3][4] The genus Lyssavirus includes the causative agent (rabies virus) of rabies.[5]
- ^ λύσσα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ^ vīrus. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
- ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Virus - Annotated classification". Britannica. 18 June 2024.
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