Channel Catfish Herpes

[A.J.Cann]

novackm at NEVADA.EDU (Margaret Novack) wrote:
>Does anyone know what the subfamily classification for this virus is?  I 
>know that it was originally classified as an alphaherpes virus based upon 
>morphology, and that the Davison paper says that based upon sequence 
>analysis, he feels that it should be given its own subfamily 
>classification.  Was this virus re-assigned a new subfamily classification?

According to "Virus Taxonomy, the Sixth Report of the International Committee 
on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 1995":
Channel Catfish Herpesvirus (ictalurid herpesvirus) is now officially an 
unassigned virus in the family.

Dr Alan J. Cann  PhD,   Department of Microbiology & Immunology,
University of Leicester,  P.O. Box 138,  Medical Sciences Building,
University Road, Leicester LE1 9HN,  UK.
Email: nna at le.ac.uk     http://www.le.ac.uk/CWIS/AD/MI/ST/nna.html