Systematic Veterinary Virology

CLASSIFICATION

Baltimore group	Group IV – Positive sense RNA viruses
Order	Nidovirales
Family	Flaviviridae
Genus	Pestivirus
Species	Classical swine fever virus (CSFV)

• The family Flaviviridae is classified into three genus:
• Flavivirus,
• Pestivirus and
• Hepacivirus.
• Most of the members under the genus flavivirus are arthropod transmiteed and cause very severe infection in humanbeings. The important infections are
• Dengue Fever,
• Yellow Fever,
• Kyasanur Forest Disease etc.
• Members under the genus pestivirus are generally not transmitted by arthropods. The important infections caused by the pestivirus include as
• Classical Swine Fever (CSF) and
• Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD).