TY - JOUR
T1 - 50 years of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
T2 - progress and prospects
AU - Adams, Michael J.
AU - Lefkowitz, Elliot J.
AU - King, Andrew M.Q.
AU - Harrach, Balázs
AU - Harrison, Robert L.
AU - Knowles, Nick J.
AU - Kropinski, Andrew M.
AU - Krupovic, Mart
AU - Kuhn, Jens H.
AU - Mushegian, Arcady R.
AU - Nibert, Max L.
AU - Sabanadzovic, Sead
AU - Sanfaçon, Hélène
AU - Siddell, Stuart G.
AU - Simmonds, Peter
AU - Varsani, Arvind
AU - Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
AU - Orton, Richard J.
AU - Smith, Donald B.
AU - Gorbalenya, Alexander E.
AU - Davison, Andrew J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The ICTV is supported by Grants from IUMS, the American Society of Virology and the Microbiology Society, and by a Grant from the Wellcome Trust (WT108418AIA) to P.S., A.J.D. and S.G.S. The involvement of J.H.K. was supported in part through Battelle Memorial Institute’s prime contract with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272200700016I. A subcontractor to Battelle Memorial Institute who performed this work is J.H.K., an employee of Tunnell Government Services, Inc. The involvement of A.R.M. was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Individual Research and Development program. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the US Department of Health and Human Services, US National Science Foundation, or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors.
Funding Information:
The authors are the current ICTV EC Members together with two researchers (R.J.O., D.B.S.) supported by the Wellcome Trust grant detailed below. We gladly acknowledge the dedicated, voluntary efforts of hundreds of virologists based in various parts of the world over the entire period of the existence of the ICTV. The work of the organisation through its EC and Study Groups has always depended upon that contribution and will continue to do so.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer-Verlag Wien.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - We mark the 50th anniversary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by presenting a brief history of the organization since its foundation, showing how it has adapted to advancements in our knowledge of virus diversity and the methods used to characterize it. We also outline recent developments, supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust (UK), that are facilitating substantial changes in the operations of the ICTV and promoting dialogue with the virology community. These developments will generate improved online resources, including a freely available and regularly updated ICTV Virus Taxonomy Report. They also include a series of meetings between the ICTV and the broader community focused on some of the major challenges facing virus taxonomy, with the outcomes helping to inform the future policy and practice of the ICTV.
AB - We mark the 50th anniversary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by presenting a brief history of the organization since its foundation, showing how it has adapted to advancements in our knowledge of virus diversity and the methods used to characterize it. We also outline recent developments, supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust (UK), that are facilitating substantial changes in the operations of the ICTV and promoting dialogue with the virology community. These developments will generate improved online resources, including a freely available and regularly updated ICTV Virus Taxonomy Report. They also include a series of meetings between the ICTV and the broader community focused on some of the major challenges facing virus taxonomy, with the outcomes helping to inform the future policy and practice of the ICTV.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00705-016-3215-y
DO - 10.1007/s00705-016-3215-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 28078475
AN - SCOPUS:85009278960
SN - 0304-8608
VL - 162
SP - 1441
EP - 1446
JO - Archives of virology
JF - Archives of virology
IS - 5
ER -