Recently agreed changes to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature

摘要

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV; http://www.ictvonline.org/) is a committee of Virology Division of. the International Union of Microbiological Societies, and its operation is governed by Statutes agreed with Virology Division. The classification and nomenclature of viruses is then subject to rules formalized into a Code (required by Statute 8.1).The need for a review of the Statutes and Code became clear during editorial work involved in production of the Ninth ICTV Report [1]. Changes to these documents require the approval of the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) and the full ICTV membership. Changes to the Statutes also require the agreement of Virology Division.The changes described in this article were discussed and agreed by the ICTV EC over a period of more than two years.