Deltapapillomavirus
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| Deltapapillomavirus | |
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| Giraffe infected with Deltapapillomavirus 7 | |
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Monodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Shotokuvirae |
| Phylum: | Cossaviricota |
| Class: | Papovaviricetes |
| Order: | Zurhausenvirales |
| Family: | Papillomaviridae |
| Genus: | Deltapapillomavirus |
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Deltapapillomavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Papillomaviridae.[1] Ruminants serve as natural hosts. There are seven species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: warts (papillomas and fibropapillomas) of the skin and alimentary tract (rarely cancers of the alimentary tract and urinary bladder); possibly responsible for the skin tumour equine sarcoid in horses and donkeys.[2][3]
The following seven species are assigned to the genus:[3]
- Deltapapillomavirus 1
- Deltapapillomavirus 2
- Deltapapillomavirus 3
- Deltapapillomavirus 4
- Deltapapillomavirus 5
- Deltapapillomavirus 6
- Deltapapillomavirus 7
Structure
Viruses in Deltapapillomavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries. The diameter is around 60 nm. Genomes are circular, around 8kb in length.[2]
| Genus | Structure | Symmetry | Capsid | Genomic arrangement | Genomic segmentation |
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| Deltapapillomavirus | Icosahedral | T=7 | Non-enveloped | Circular | Monopartite |
