RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Van Doorslaer, Koenraad A1 Chen, Zigui A1 Bernard, Hans-Ulrich A1 Chan, Paul K. S. A1 DeSalle, Rob A1 Dillner, Joakim A1 Forslund, Ola A1 Haga, Takeshi A1 McBride, Alison A. A1 Villa, Luisa L. A1 Burk, Robert D. A1 ICTV Report ConsortiumYR 2018 T1 ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Papillomaviridae JF Journal of General Virology, VO 99 IS 8 SP 989 OP 990 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001105 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB The Papillomaviridae is a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes of 5 748 to 8 607 bp. Their classification is based on pairwise nucleotide sequence identity across the L1 open reading frame. Members of the Papillomaviridae primarily infect mucosal and keratinised epithelia, and have been isolated from fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Despite a long co-evolutionary history with their hosts, some papillomaviruses are pathogens of their natural host species. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Papillomaviridae, which is available at http://www.ictv.global/report/papillomaviridae., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001105