1Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, C.Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam 632509, Vellore Dt., TN, India.
2Advisor, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003, India.
J Gen Virol. 2018 Dec;99(12):1563-1564. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001158.
The family Sarthroviridae includes a single genus, Macronovirus, which in turn includes a single species, Macrobrachium satellite virus 1. Members of this species, named extra small virus, are satellite viruses of Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus, an unclassified virus related to members of the family Nodaviridae. Both viruses have isometric, spherical virions, infect giant freshwater prawns and together cause white tail disease, which is responsible for mass mortalities and severe economic losses in hatcheries and farms. Infection is caused by both vertical and horizontal transmission of virus. Aquatic insects act as a carrier to transmit the disease in prawns. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Sarthroviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/sarthroviridae.
沙粒病毒科包括一个属，即巨病毒属，该属又包含一个种，即中华绒螯蟹卫星病毒 1。该种的成员被命名为小型病毒，是罗氏沼虾诺达病毒的卫星病毒，罗氏沼虾诺达病毒是一种未分类的病毒，与 Nodaviridae 科的成员有关。这两种病毒都具有等轴对称、球形的病毒粒子，感染淡水大虾，共同引起白尾病，该病在孵化场和养殖场造成大量死亡和严重的经济损失。病毒通过垂直和水平传播感染。水生昆虫作为载体在虾体内传播疾病。这是国际病毒分类委员会（ICTV）关于沙粒病毒科分类报告的摘要，可在 www.ictv.global/report/sarthroviridae 上获得。
