Home›Pests and Diseases›Agent Kind›VirusConceptVirusPest and Pathogen Agent ConceptsReference and ClassificationDevelopingA virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. The cited article says viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea, that they are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity, and that since the first discovery of a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, in the 1890s, more than 16,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail. Pests and diseases recorded in the atlas as caused by a virus are grouped under this concept.VirusConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)VirusFilter Results40 entriesDisease FamilyAllBromoviridae Family Plant Viruses (2)Contact, Seed and Soil Transmitted Plant Viruses (2)Geminivirus Family Plant Viruses (3)Morbillivirus Diseases (2)Non-Aphid Insect-Borne Plant Viruses (2)Orbivirus Diseases (2)Pestivirus Diseases (2)Phloem-Limited Aphid-Borne Plant Viruses (4)Potyvirus Family Plant Viruses (5)Poultry Viral Diseases (4)Swine Viral Diseases (2)Viral Diseases of Cattle and Other Ruminants (3)Viroids (4)Type/ClassificationAllBromoviridae Family Plant Viruses (2)Contact, Seed and Soil Transmitted Plant Viruses (2)Geminivirus Family Plant Viruses (3)Morbillivirus Diseases (2)Non-Aphid Insect-Borne Plant Viruses (2)Orbivirus Diseases (2)Pestivirus Diseases (2)Phloem-Limited Aphid-Borne Plant Viruses (4)Potyvirus Family Plant Viruses (5)Poultry Viral Diseases (4)Swine Viral Diseases (2)Viral Diseases of Cattle and Other Ruminants (3)Viroids (4)Where FoundAllAfrica (10)Algeria (1)Argentina (1)Asia (8)Australia (4)Australia (3)Bangladesh (1)Brazil (2)Bulgaria (1)Central America (2)China (1)Colombia (1)East Africa (2)England (1)Europe (6)Fiji (1)France (1)Germany (1)Ghana (1)India (2)Indonesia (1)Italy (1)Japan (1)Kenya (2)Madagascar (1)Mauritius (1)Mexico (2)Mozambique (1)Nigeria (1)North America (4)Philippines (1)Russia (1)Sierra Leone (1)South Africa (2)South America (2)South Asia (1)Spain (1)Sub-Saharan Africa (1)Taiwan (1)Tanzania (1)The Middle East (1)Togo (1)Turkey (1)United States (2)West Africa (1)Quarantine StatusAllQuarantine Pest (ISPM 5) (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 40African Horse SicknessVirusAfrican Swine FeverVirusArabis mosaic virusVirusAvocado sunblotch viroidVirusBanana Bunchy Top VirusVirusBarley Yellow Dwarf VirusVirusBluetongue DiseaseVirusBovine Viral DiarrheaVirusCacao swollen shoot virusVirusCadang-cadangVirusCassava brown streak virus diseaseVirusCassava common mosaic virusVirusCassava Mosaic VirusVirusCitrus Tristeza VirusVirusClassical Swine FeverVirusCucumber Mosaic VirusVirusFoot and Mouth DiseaseVirusGroundnut rosette virusVirusHighly Pathogenic Avian InfluenzaVirusHop latent viroidVirusHop stunt viroidVirusInfectious Bursal DiseaseVirusLongan witches broom-associated virusVirusLumpy Skin DiseaseVirusMaize Streak VirusVirusMarek's DiseaseVirusNewcastle DiseaseVirusPapaya Ringspot VirusVirusPeste des Petits RuminantsVirusPlum Pox VirusVirusPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory SyndromeVirusPotato Virus YVirusPrunus necrotic ringspot virusVirusRice Tungro VirusVirusRift Valley FeverVirusRinderpestVirusTobacco Mosaic VirusVirusTomato Spotted Wilt VirusVirusTomato Yellow Leaf Curl VirusVirusWheat Streak Mosaic VirusVirusConnectionsAgent Kind OfAfrican Horse Sickness, Pests and Diseases Well-attested African Swine Fever, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Arabis mosaic virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Avocado sunblotch viroid, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Banana Bunchy Top Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Bluetongue Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Bovine Viral Diarrhea, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cacao swollen shoot virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cadang-cadang, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cassava brown streak virus disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cassava common mosaic virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cassava Mosaic Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Citrus Tristeza Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Classical Swine Fever, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Foot and Mouth Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Groundnut rosette virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Hop latent viroid, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Hop stunt viroid, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Infectious Bursal Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Longan witches broom-associated virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Lumpy Skin Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Maize Streak Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Marek's Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Newcastle Disease, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Papaya Ringspot Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Peste des Petits Ruminants, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Plum Pox Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Potato Virus Y, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Prunus necrotic ringspot virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Rice Tungro Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Rift Valley Fever, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Rinderpest, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus, Pests and Diseases Well-attested Classified AsPest and Pathogen Agent Concepts, Subcategories Well-attested SourcesVirusWikipedia, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia, lead sectionA virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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