Objectives
The official objectives of the ICTV are:
- To develop an internationally agreed taxonomy for viruses
- To develop internationally agreed names for virus taxa, including species and subviral agents
- To communicate taxonomic decisions to all users of virus names, in particular the international community of virologists, by publications and via the Internet
- To maintain an index of virus names
- To maintain an ICTV database on the Internet, that records the data that characterize each named viral taxon, together with the common names of each taxon in all major languages
Read more about this topic: International Committee On Taxonomy Of Viruses
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