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Emerging Issues in Virus Taxonomy

1 Jan 2004

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Viruses occupy a unique position in biology. Although they possess some of the properties of living systems such as having a genome, they are actually nonliving infectious entities and should not be considered microorganisms. A clear distinction should be drawn between the terms virus, virion, and virus species. Species is the most fundamental taxonomic category used in all biological classification. In 1991, the...

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PMID: 15078590
DOI: 10.3201/eid1001.030279

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