These pages are a window onto the thoughts of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Picornaviridae Study Group. This should allow virologists around the world to view proposed amendments to the taxonomy and classification of picornaviruses and comment on them.

Picornaviridae taxonomic proposals being considered by the ICTV Executive Committee in July 2013

The reference for the Picornaviridae section in the 9^th ICTV Report is as follows:

Knowles, N.J., Hovi, T, Hyypiä, T., King, A.M.Q., Lindberg, A.M., Pallansch, M.A.,  Palmenberg, A.C., Simmonds, P., Skern, T., Stanway, G., Yamashita, T. and Zell, R. (2012). Picornaviridae. In: Virus taxonomy: classification and nomenclature of viruses: Ninth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Ed: King, A.M.Q., Adams, M.J., Carstens, E.B. and Lefkowitz, E.J. San Diego: Elsevier, pp 855-880.

The latest ICTV taxonomic proposals were approved in February 2013 and are details in the following publication:

Adams, M.J., King, A.M.Q. and Carstens, E.B. (2013). Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2013). Archives of Virology, ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s00705-013-1688-5.

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