family: Picornaviridae (current release)

Etymology: from poliovirus, insensitivity to ether, coxsackievirus, orphan virus, rhinovirus, and ribonucleic acid; or from the Spanish pico, meaning "a small balance" i.e. unit of measurement and RNA, for ribonucleic acid, referring to the small RNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Created in Proposal: ICTV 1st Report.pdf PubMed ID: 21413259
Report Chapter: Picornaviridae