ICTV

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is the organization responsible for developing and maintaining the official taxonomy of viruses. Its website provides authoritative resources for researchers, virologists, and others seeking information on virus names, classification, and related data. Visitors can explore current and past taxonomy releases through the ICTV Taxonomy Browser and Visual Taxonomy Browser, consult master species lists and virus metadata, and search for taxa by virus or isolate name.

The site also hosts the ICTV Report, with chapters and profiles describing virus taxa and their member viruses, as well as approved and pending taxonomic proposals, meeting reports, newsletters, and study group information. For data users, ICTV offers programmatic API access and archives taxonomic data and code through GitHub and Zenodo. The organization also shares updates on taxonomy releases, elections, collaborations, and virology resources.

ICTV’s work is supported by scientific societies, volunteer committee and study group members, national representatives, support staff, and the U. S. National Institutes of Health