A family of bisegmented, double-stranded RNA viruses causing infection in fish, mollusks, fowl, and Drosophila. There are three genera: AQUABIRNAVIRUS; AVIBIRNAVIRUS; and ENTOMOBIRNAVIRUS. Horizontal and vertical transmission occurs for all viruses.
Synonyms: Birnaviridae, txid10993
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a family of RNA viruses; from BIsegmental RNA viruses; infection = BIRNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS ,94; BIRNAVIRUS was heading 1994-96 ,use BIRNAVIRIDAE to search BIRNAVIRUS 1994-96
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D018059
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