Mesoniviridae

Mesoniviridae
Electron micrograph of negatively stained Nam Dinh virus (NDiV) virions
Mesonivirus virion
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Suborder: Mesnidovirineae
Family: Mesoniviridae

Mesoniviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses in the order Nidovirales which infect mosquitoes. The family is named after the size of the genomes relative to other nidoviruses, with meso- coming from the Greek word mesos, which means medium, and -ni being an abbreviation of nido.

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