Enterovirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “bowels”) + -virus.

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gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

central nervous system
central nervous system

A taxonomic genus within the family Picornaviridae – RNA viruses (including those causing polio and hepatitis A) which typically occur in the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes spreading to the central nervous system or other parts of the body.


Betacoronavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Coronaviridae.

Murine coronavirus

(genus): Embecovirus, Hibecovirus, Merbecovirus, Nobecovirus, Sarbecovirus - subgenera

Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus


-viridae

Used to form taxonomic names of families of viruses


-virinae

Used to form taxonomic names of subfamilies of viruses


(+)ssRNA

(virology) Having a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome.


(-)ssRNA

(virology) Negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus.


-virus

From New Latin vīrus (“virus”, literally “poison”).

der

Used to form taxonomic names of genera of viruses


Erythroparvovirus

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Parvovirus.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Parvoviridae – certain parvoviruses.


Zika virus

A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – cause of Zika disease, which is linked to microcephaly in newborns.


Ligamenvirales

A taxonomic order within the class Tokiviricetes – certain viruses infecting archaea.

Recognized but unplaced in ICTV 2019

(order): double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification

Alphalipothrixvirus

(order): Lipothrixviridae, Rudiviridae - families


Tupanvirus

Tupan + -virus. The first element is from Guaraní Tupã (“Guaraní God of Thunder”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mimiviridae.


Orthopoxvirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “true, real, genuine”) + Poxvirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poxviridae – poxviruses.


For quotations using this term, see Citations:SARS-CoV-2.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2#Translingual

(virology) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; a virus which causes COVID-19 coronavirus disease, first discovered in 2019, in an outbreak that started in Wuhan, Hubei, China.


Riboviria

ribo-, from ribonucleic acid (RNA) + -viria

One of four realms, the highest taxonomic rank of viruses, encompassing all RNA viruses that replicate by means of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases.

Albetovirus

Polymycoviridae, Sarthroviridae - families unplaced in kingdoms


Orthornavirae

A taxonomic kingdom within the realm Riboviria – viruses that have an RNA genome and encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp).

Birnaviridae

(kingdom (ICTV 2019)): Duplornaviricota, Kitrinoviricota, Lenarviricota, Negarnaviricota, Pisuviricota - phyla

not placed in higher taxon below kingdom


Monjiviricetes

From Mon(onegavirales) + Ji(ngchuvirales) + -viricetes.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Negarnaviricota.

Pneumoviridae

(class): Jingchuvirales, Mononegavirales - orders


Haploviricotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Negarnaviricota.


Negarnaviricota

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Orthornavirae.

Chunqiuviricetes

(phylum): Haploviricotina, Polyploviricotina - subphyla


Ortervirales

A taxonomic order within the class Revtraviricetes.


Dependoparvovirus

New Latin, from English depend + Parvovirus.


Mastadenovirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”) + Adenovirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Adenoviridae – certain adenoviruses.


Betapolyomavirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta, “beta”) + Polyomavirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – certain polyomaviruses.


Alphapapillomavirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + Papillomavirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Papillomaviridae – certain papillomaviruses.


Lymphocryptovirus

New Latin, from Latin lympha (“water”) + Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden, secret”) + -virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpesviridae – certain herpesviruses.


Rotavirus

New Latin, from Latin rota (“wheel”) + -virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Reoviridae – RNA viruses, some of which cause acute enteritis in humans.


Gammainfluenzavirus

From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”) + Influenzavirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Orthomyxoviridae – certain orthomyxoviruses.


Orthorubulavirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “true, real, genuine”) + Rubulavirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Paramyxoviridae – certain paramyxoviruses.


Orthopneumovirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “true, real, genuine”) + Pneumovirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pneumoviridae – certain pneumoviruses.


Orthohepadnavirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “true, real, genuine”) + Hepadnavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hepadnaviridae – certain hepadnaviruses.


Hepatovirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver, hepato-”) + -virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Picornaviridae – certain picornaviruses.


Orthohepevirus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “true, real, genuine”) + Hepevirus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hepeviridae – certain hepeviruses.


Tupanvirus deep ocean

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">deep ocean</i>

A taxonomic species within the genus Tupanvirus.


Chlamydiamicrovirus

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">chlamydia</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Microviridae.


English: lineage B.1.351

English: B.1.351 lineage

The SARS-CoV-2 viruses used to perform the CPE-MN neutralization assay were the original Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2/INMI1-Isolate/2020/Italy: MT066156), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (INMI GISAID accession number: EPI_ISL_736997), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (EVAg Cod: 014V-04058), B.1.1.248 (EVAg CoD: 014V-04089), and B.1.617.2 (GISAID ID: EPI_ISL_2029113)

2023 January 4, Emanuele Andreano, Ida Paciello, Giulio Pierleoni, Giulia Piccini, Valentina Abbiento, Giada Antonelli, Piero Pileri et al., “B cell analyses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA third vaccination reveals a hybrid immunity like antibody response”, in Nature Communications, →DOI:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2020 in South Africa, and by the beginning of 2021, was the dominant strain in South Africa.


English: lineage B.1.1.7

English: B.1.1.7 lineage

From being a mutant version of the B.1.1 variant.

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2020 in Kent, England, United Kingdom.


English: lineage B.1.1.248

English: B.1.1.248 lineage

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in Japan within travelers from Brazil.


group D adenovirus
group D adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 26, a group D adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


English: lineage B.1.1.28.1

English: B.1.1.28.1 lineage

From B.1.1.28, the variant from which this one mutated from.

SARS-CoV-2 variants, especially Alpha (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma (B.1.1.28.1), and Omicron (B.1.1.529), has spread globally causing humongous public health crises.

2023 January 12, Qin S, Huang H, Xiao W, Chen K, He X, Tang X, Huang Z, Zhang Y, Duan X, Fan N, Zheng Q, Wu M, Lu G, Wei Y, Wei X, Song X, “A novel heterologous receptor-binding domain dodecamer universal mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants.”, in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, →DOI, page 2:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; that caused a massive outbreak in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil at the end of 2020 and through into 2021; including second-time infections of survivors of a different variation.

Brazilian precursor strain to P.1 and P.2


English: lineage B.1.1.28

English: B.1.1.28 lineage

From being a mutation of the variant B.1.1.

Numerous variations of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), including D614G, B.1.1.7 (United Kingdom), B.1.1.28 (Brazil P1, P2), CAL.20C (Southern California), B.1.351 (South Africa), B.1.617 (B.1.617.1 Kappa & Delta B.1.617.2) and B.1.1.529, have been reported worldwide.

2023, Laiali Alquraan, Karem H. Alzoubi, Suzie Y. Rababa'h, “Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on disease diagnosis and severity”, in Informatics in medicine unlocked, →DOI:

(virology) A variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; that became the predominant variation in Brazil in 2020, starting from the summer.

Brazilian precursor to B.1.1.28.1 and B.1.1.28.2


XE

(virology, neologism) A recombinant subvariant of Omicron (“B.1.1.529”) resultant from BA.2 and BA.1; a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.


English: lineage B.1.1.529

English: B.1.1.529 lineage

From being a heavily mutated variant occurring in the B.1.1 family. "B.1.1.529" is the 529th sublineage of "B.1.1" registered under Pango notation.

(virology) The Omicron variant: A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in November 2021 in Botswana, becoming dominant in Gauteng, South Africa.

XE

recombinant subvariant resulting from BA.1 and BA.2 mixture


Alphatorquevirus

See Alphatorquevirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A taxonomic genus within the family Anelloviridae – certain viruses, prevalent in virtually all humans, asymtomatic.


Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.


vCoV

compound

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">variant</i>

(virology) variant coronavirus; Any virus resembling a coronavirus thought to be distinct from the typical or common coronaviruses.


From being being assigned B.1.1.529.1 when the second variant occurred, and then shortened. Pango notation does not officially support 4 sublevels, leading to a need to renumber "B.1.1.529.1", thus shortened to a new base "BA" for "B.1.1.529" and ".1" becoming "BA.1"

(virology) The first Omicron variant. A highly transmissible though milder variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in South Africa and Botswana.


From being a mutant version of the BA.1 variant and the older designation B.1.1.529.2. Pango notation does not officially support 4 sublevels, leading to a need to renumber "B.1.1.529.2", thus shortened to a new base "BA" for "B.1.1.529" and ".2" becoming "BA.2"

(virology, neologism) A subvariant of the Omicron variant. A highly transmissible variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; which became dominant at the turn of the year 2021/2022 in India.


Epsilonretrovirus

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">epsilon</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Retroviridae – epsilonretroviruses.


Nucleocytoviricota

From Latin nucleus + cyto- + -viricota (“suffix forming names of virus phyla”).

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-viricota<gloss:suffix forming names of virus phyla>

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bamfordvirae – nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs).


Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus

From Amsacta moorei (“species of erebid moth”) + English entomopoxvirus.

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">entomopoxvirus</i>

A taxonomic species within the genus Betaentomopoxvirus – a virus that infects erebid moths of species Paramsacta moorei (syn. Amsacta moorei).


Metavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Metaviridae – certain metaviruses.


Human alphaherpesvirus 3

⇒ English: human herpesvirus 3

English human + English alphaherpesvirus + 3 (“three”).

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A taxonomic species within the genus Varicellovirus – Varicella zoster virus.