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ArticleNature microbiology2025

Taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flaviviridae.

Peter Simmonds, Anamarija Butković, Joe Grove, Richard Mayne, Jonathon C O Mifsud, Martin Beer, Jens Bukh, J Felix Drexler, Amit Kapoor, Volker Lohmann and 4 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Peter SimmondsNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. peter.simmonds@utu.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-4700
Anamarija Butković *Archaeal Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Paris, France.
Joe Grove *MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7579
Richard Mayne *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-4993
Jonathon C O Mifsud *Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-9193
Martin BeerInstitute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5254
Jens BukhCopenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-4806
J Felix DrexlerCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-0232
Amit KapoorCenter for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8117-7347
Volker LohmannDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8719-7608
Donald B SmithNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jack T StapletonDepartments of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa and Iowa City VA Healthcare, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-9055
Nikos VasilakisDepartment of Pathology and Center for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-3289
Jens H KuhnIntegrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA. jenshkuhn@comcast.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7800-6045

Funding

Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) MC_UU_00034/1DH | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) NIHR203338)Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) 107653/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviridae is a family of non-segmented positive-sense RNA viruses that includes major pathogens such as hepatitis C virus, dengue viruses and yellow fever virus. Recent large-scale metagenomic surveys have identified many RNA viruses related to members of this family, such as orthoflaviviruses and pestiviruses. These viruses diverge by having different genome lengths and configurations, and host range. Here we performed an analysis of RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP) hallmark gene sequences of flaviviruses and 'flavi-like' viruses. We uncovered four divergent clades and multiple lineages that are congruent with phylogenies of their helicase genes, protein profile hidden Markov model profiles, and evolutionary relationships based on predicted RdRP protein structures. These results support their classification into three families (Flaviviridae, Pestiviridae and Hepaciviridae) and 12 genera in the established order Amarillovirales, with groupings correlating with genome properties and host range. This taxonomy provides a framework for future evolutionary studies on this important viral family.

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FlaviviridaeEvolution, MolecularGenome, ViralHost SpecificityPhylogenyRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA HelicasesViral ProteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA HelicasesViral Proteins

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