Loeffelholz Michael J, Fenwick Bradley W
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Dec 28;55(1):48-52. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01525-16. Print 2017 Jan.
Taxonomical classification of newly discovered viruses and reclassification of previously discovered viruses provide an important foundation for detailing biological differences of scientific and clinical interest. The development of molecular analytical methods has enabled finer levels and more precise levels of classification. Periodically, there is need to refresh the literature and common understanding of current taxonomic classification, which we attempt to do here in addressing changes in human and animal viruses of medical significance between 2012 and 2015.
新发现病毒的分类学分类以及先前发现病毒的重新分类为详述具有科学和临床意义的生物学差异提供了重要基础。分子分析方法的发展使得分类能够达到更精细、更精确的水平。定期更新文献以及对当前分类学分类的普遍认识很有必要,我们在此尝试通过阐述2012年至2015年间具有医学意义的人类和动物病毒的变化来做到这一点。