Alphanodavirus | |
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Structure of Nodamura virus[1] | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Magsaviricetes |
Order: | Nodamuvirales |
Family: | Nodaviridae |
Genus: | Alphanodavirus |
Alphanodavirus is a genus of non-enveloped positive-strand RNA viruses in the family Nodaviridae.[2] Insects, mammals, and fishes serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this genus include: Nodamura virus paralysis in infected wax moth larvae. Member viruses can also provoke paralysis and death to suckling mice and suckling hamsters. There are five species in this genus.[3][4]