- Rhabdos (greek) = rod
- Mononegavirales order
- negative, ss, monopartite RNA (11.9 kb) viruses.
- capsid is roughly bullet shaped and about 75 nm wide and 180 nm long.
- enveloped viruses with large protein projections
| Group V: (-)sense RNA Viruses | |||
| Order Mononegavirales | |||
| Family | Genus | Type Species | Hosts |
| Rhabdoviridae | Vesiculovirus | Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus | Vertebrates |
| Lyssavirus (Greek, ‘frenzy’) | Rabies virus | Vertebrates | |
| Ephemerovirus | Bovine ephemeral fever virus | Vertebrates | |
| Novirhabdovirus | Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus | Vertebrates | |
| Cytorhabdovirus | Lettuce necrotic yellows virus | Plants | |
| Nucleorhabdovirus | Potato yellow dwarf virus | Plants | |
Vesiculovirus
- Order : Mononegavirales
- Family : Rhabdoviridae
- Genus : Vesiculovirus
- SPECIES Type: Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV)
- Main: Cocal virus (COCV)
Maraba virus (MARAV)
Piry virus (PIRYV) - REFERENCE STRAIN Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
- HOST Human, cattle, horse, swine, sandflies, blackflies
- CELL TROPISM VSV: mainly neurons
- GEOGRAPHY ASSOCIATED DISEASES Vesicular diseases, encephalitis
Human: flu-like symptoms - TRANSMISSION Zoonosis, arthropod bite. Mostly sandflies
Lyssavirus
- Order : Mononegavirales
- Family : Rhabdoviridae
- Genus : Lyssavirus
- SPECIES Type: Rabies virus (RABV)
- Main: Mokola virus (MOKV)
Duvenhage virus - REFERENCE STRAIN Rabies virus
Mokola virus
Australian bat lyssavirus
European bat lyssavirus 1
European bat lyssavirus 2 - HOST Human, mammals
- CELL TROPISM Neurons
- GEOGRAPHY Worldwide except for Australia, Antarctica, England, New-Zealand, Japan, Island.
- ASSOCIATED DISEASES Rabies fatal encephalitis
- TRANSMISSION Zoonosis, animal bite
Ephemerovirus
- Order : Mononegavirales
- Family : Rhabdoviridae
- Genus: Ephemerovirus
- SPECIES Type : Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV)
- Main:Berrimah virus (BRMV)
- REFERENCE STRAIN Bovine ephemeral fever virus
NATURAL HOSTS BEFV: Cattle, mosquitoes - GEOGRAPHY: Africa and southern asia ASSOCIATED DISEASES sudden fever
- TRANSMISSION arthropod-borne.
Cytorhabdovirus
- Order : Mononegavirales
- Family : Rhabdoviridae
- Genus : Cytorhabdovirus
- SPECIES Type : Lettuce necrotic yellows virus (LNYV)
- Main : Northern cereal mosaic virus (NCMV)
- REFERENCE STRAIN Lettuce necrotic yellows virus
- NATURAL HOST Plants and insect vectors.
- GEOGRAPHY: Australia
- TRANSMISSION insect vectors: aphid, leafhopper or planthopper.
Nucleorhabdovirus
- Order : Mononegavirales
- Family : Rhabdoviridae
- Genus : Nucleorhabdovirus
- SPECIES Type: Potato yellow dwarf virus(PYDV)
- Main : Maize mosaic virus (MMV)
- REFERENCE STRAIN Maize mosaic virus
NATURAL HOSTS Plants, planthopper
- DISEASES TRANSMISSION Mechanical, insect vector
