Family Papovaviridae

Genome: dsDNA Host: Vertebrates

Compiled for the VIth ICTV Report by Frisque RJ, Barbanti-Brodano G, Crawford LV, Gardner SD, Howley PM, Orth G, Shah KV, va der Noordaa J, zur Hausen H

Index to Taxonomic Structure of the Family

Family Papovaviridae

1. Genus Polyomavirus
   Type Species murine polyomavirus (strain A2)
   List of Species in the Genus
   List of Tentative Species

   Genus Papillomavirus

   Type Species cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (Shope)

   List of Species in the Genus

   List of Tentative Species

   List of Unassigned Viruses in the Family

Relationship to other Taxa
References

Genus Polyomavirus

Type Species

murine polyomavirus (strain A2) (PyV)

Taxonomic Structure of the Genus

Species in the Genus

Virus name (synonym) followed by [Genomic sequence accession number] (Acronym)

African green monkey polyomavirus (LPV)

(B-lymphotropic papovavirus strain K38) [K02562]
baboon polyomavirus 2 (PPV-2)
BK virus (strain Dun) [J02038] (BKV)
bovine polyomavirus (BPyV)
(stump-tailed macaque virus)
(fetal rhesus kidney virus) [D00755]
budgerigar fledgling disease virus (BFDV)
hamster polyomavirus [X02449] (HaPV)
JC virus (strain Mad1) [J02226] (JCV)
murine polyomavirus [M55904] (KV)
(mice pneumotropic virus)
(Kilham strain, or K virus)
murine polyomavirus (strain A2) [J02288] (PyV)
rabbit kidney vacuolating virus (RKV)
simian agent virus 12 (SAV-12)
simian virus 40 (strain 776) [J02400] (SV-40)

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Tentative Species in the Genus

None reported.

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> Genus Papillomavirus

Type Species

cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (Shope) (CRPV)

Papillomavirus (large); (small) . Electron micrographs by S. McNulty, Veterinary Science Division, Queens University, Belfast, UK.

Taxonomic Structure of the Genus

Members of this genus are known from humans (more than 63 types, HPV-1, etc.), chimpanzee, colobus and rhesus monkeys, cow (6 types), deer, dog, horse, sheep, elephant, elk, opossum, multimammate and European harvest mouse, turtle, chaffinch and parrot.

Species in the Genus

Virus name (synonym) followed by [Genomic sequence accession number] (Acronym)

bovine papillomavirus 1 [X02346] (BPV-1)
bovine papillomavirus 2 [M20219] (BPV-2)
bovine papillomavirus 4 [X05817] (BPV-4)
canine oral papillomavirus (COPV)
chaffinch papillomavirus (ChPV)
cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (Shope) [K02708] (CRPV)
deer papillomavirus [M11910] (DPV)

(deer fibroma virus)
elephant papillomavirus (EPV)
equine papillomavirus (EqPV)
European elk papillomavirus [M15953] (EEPV)
human papillomavirus 1a [V01116] (HPV-1a)
human papillomavirus 5 (HPV-5)
human papillomavirus 6b (HPV-6b)
human papillomavirus 8 (HPV-8)
human papillomavirus 11 [M14119] (HPV-11)
human papillomavirus 16 [K02718] (HPV-16)
human papillomavirus 18 [X05015] (HPV-18)
human papillomavirus 31 [J04353] (HPV-31)
human papillomavirus 33 [M12732] (HPV-33)
multimammate mouse papillomavirus (MnPV)
rabbit oral papillomavirus (ROPV)
reindeer papillomavirus (RePV)
rhesus monkey papillomavirus (RMPV)
sheep papillomavirus (SPV)

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Tentative Species in the Genus

None reported.

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Unassigned Viruses in the Family

None reported.

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Relationship to Other Taxa

None reported.

References

Index of Viruses

links to lists containing the ICTV Classification and Nomencalture of Viruses

Virus databases on-line

home page with links to the available virus databases

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