ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae 2026

Peter J. Walker; Nicolas Bejerman; Kim R. Blasdell; Humberto Debat; Ralf G. Dietzgen; Anthony R. Fooks; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; Kyle Garver; Hideki Kondo; Pedro Luis Ramos-González; Mang Shi; Robert B. Tesh; Noël Tordo; Nikos Vasilakis; Anna E. Whitfield

doi:10.1099/jgv.0.002255

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae 2026

Peter J. Walker
, Nicolas Bejerman
, Kim R. Blasdell
, Humberto Debat
, Ralf G. Dietzgen
, Anthony R. Fooks
, Juliana Freitas-Astúa
, Kyle Garver
, Hideki Kondo
, Pedro Luis Ramos-González
, Mang Shi
, Robert B. Tesh
, Noël Tordo
, Nikos Vasilakis
, Anna E. Whitfield

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Abstract

The family Rhabdoviridae comprises viruses with unsegmented, bi-segmented or tri-segmented negative-sense (−) RNA genomes of 10–16 kb. Virions are typically enveloped, with bullet-shaped or bacilliform morphology, but can also be non-enveloped filaments. Rhabdoviruses infect plants or animals, including vertebrates or invertebrates such as arthropods, which can serve as single hosts or act as biological vectors for transmission to animals or plants. Rhabdoviruses include important pathogens of humans, livestock, fish or agricultural crops. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Rhabdoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/rhabdoviridae.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	002255
Journal	Journal of General Virology
Volume	107
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002255
State	Published - 2026

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ICTV Report
Rhabdoviridae
taxonomy

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