klassevirus

klassevirus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

klassevirus (plural klasseviruses)

1. A picornavirus, of the genus Klassevirus, associated with pediatric diarrhea.
   • 2015 July 21, “Salivirus in Children and Its Association with Childhood Acute Gastroenteritis: A Paired Case-Control Study”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0130977:

     Subsequently, both salivirus and klassevirus were classified as belonging to the novel genus Salivirus in Picornaviridae.