Saffold virus
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Saffold virus (SAFV) is a single-stranded RNA human virus belonging to the family Picornaviridae. Discovered in 2007, it is the first human virus in the genus Cardiovirus and may provide a link to the development of multiple sclerosis or other serious diseases in humans.[1]
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
Order: | Picornavirales |
Family: | Picornaviridae |
Genus: | Cardiovirus |
Species: | Cardiovirus D |
Virus: | Saffold virus |
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The Saffold virus was previously a member of the Theilovirus species but was re-classified in 2019 as an isolate of the species Cardiovirus D. It has shown to affect the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory systems, and is found to be present early in life.[2]