Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018.
Maes P., Adkins S., Alkhovsky SV., Avšič-Županc T., Ballinger MJ., Bente DA., Beer M., Bergeron É., Blair CD., Briese T., Buchmeier MJ., Burt FJ., Calisher CH., Charrel RN., Choi IR., Clegg JCS., de la Torre JC., de Lamballerie X., DeRisi JL., Digiaro M., Drebot M., Ebihara H., Elbeaino T., Ergünay K., Fulhorst CF., Garrison AR., Gāo GF., Gonzalez J-PJ., Groschup MH., Günther S., Haenni A-L., Hall RA., Hewson R., Hughes HR., Jain RK., Jonson MG., Junglen S., Klempa B., Klingström J., Kormelink R., Lambert AJ., Langevin SA., Lukashevich IS., Marklewitz M., Martelli GP., Mielke-Ehret N., Mirazimi A., Mühlbach H-P., Naidu R., Nunes MRT., Palacios G., Papa A., Pawęska JT., Peters CJ., Plyusnin A., Radoshitzky SR., Resende RO., Romanowski V., Sall AA., Salvato MS., Sasaya T., Schmaljohn C., Shí X., Shirako Y., Simmonds P., Sironi M., Song J-W., Spengler JR., Stenglein MD., Tesh RB., Turina M., Wèi T., Whitfield AE., Yeh S-D., Zerbini FM., Zhang Y-Z., Zhou X., Kuhn JH.
In October 2018, the order Bunyavirales was amended by inclusion of the family Arenaviridae, abolishment of three families, creation of three new families, 19 new genera, and 14 new species, and renaming of three genera and 22 species. This article presents the updated taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales as now accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).