Data ICTV MSL41 & NCBI · 31 October 2026 Methods · Changelog · Corrections

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Rhabdoviridae

Taxonomy pass, October 2026

12 Rhabdoviridae species with sequence evidence that they infect people, classified from ICTV.

What this page does and does not yet contain. This is the taxonomy pass. Every virus below carries its ICTV classification and the evidence that it infects people. Vaccines, antivirals, antibodies and disease-burden figures have not been searched yet — that is why the last column says so, rather than being blank or saying “none”. An empty cell would claim that nothing exists; this claims only that nobody has looked.

Taxonomy is copied by script from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource and is never hand-edited. How a virus qualifies for this list, and which viruses are deliberately left out, is on the methods page.

Where this family sits

Ranks above family are shared by every member, copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx.

RealmRiboviria
KingdomOrthornavirae
PhylumNegarnaviricota
ClassMonjiviricetes
OrderMononegavirales
FamilyRhabdoviridae

Genome type in this family: V — (−)ssRNA.

Members with evidence of human infection

12 of this family’s species qualify for the index. Species with no human sequence evidence, and the commensal families left out altogether, are explained on the methods page.

Rhabdoviridae: 12 viruses in the index.
VirusFamilyBaltimore classICTV speciesHuman infectionCountermeasures
Australian bat lyssavirusABLV; Lyssavirus australisRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALyssavirus australisHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Bas-Congo virusBASV; Bas-Congo tibrovirus; Tibrovirus congoRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNATibrovirus congoHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Chandipura virusCHPV; Chandipura vesiculovirus; Vesiculovirus chandipuraRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNAVesiculovirus chandipuraHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Duvenhage virusDUVV; Duvenhage lyssavirus; Lyssavirus duvenhageRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALyssavirus duvenhageHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Ekpoma virus 1EKV1; Ekpoma 1 tibrovirus; Tibrovirus alphaekpomaRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNATibrovirus alphaekpomaHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Ekpoma virus 2EKV2; Ekpoma 2 tibrovirus; Tibrovirus betaekpomaRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNATibrovirus betaekpomaHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
European bat lyssavirus 2EBLV2; Lyssavirus helsinkiRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALyssavirus helsinkiHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Irkut virusIRKV; Irkut lyssavirus; Lyssavirus irkutRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALyssavirus irkutHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Le Dantec virusLDV; Le Dantec ledantevirus; Ledantevirus ledantecRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALedantevirus ledantecHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Mundri virusMUNV; Tibrovirus mundriRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNATibrovirus mundriHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Rabies virusRABV; Rabies lyssavirus; Lyssavirus rabiesRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNALyssavirus rabiesHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedVaccine: Phase 3
Wuhan mosquito virus 9WhMV9; Stangrhavirus wuhanRhabdoviridaeV — (−)ssRNAStangrhavirus wuhanHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet

Countermeasures across this family

Vaccines, antivirals and antibodies have not been searched for this family yet. When they are, this section will carry the family-level summary that makes broad-spectrum candidates visible. It is empty because the work is outstanding, not because nothing exists.

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Cite this page. Rhabdoviridae. Vaccine Data Navigator, Open Source Medicine Foundation. Built 31 October 2026 from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource (MSL41) and NCBI Taxonomy/GenBank. https://vaccinedatanavigator.org/virus-navigator/families/rhabdoviridae.html

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