Atypical Porcine Pestiviruses: Relationships and Conserved Structural Features

For two decades, the genus pestivirus has been expanding and the host range now extends to rodents, bats and marine mammals. In this review, we focus on one of the most diverse pestiviruses, atypical porcine pestivirus or pestivirus K, comparing its special traits to what is already known at the structural and functional level from other pestiviruses.

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The genus pestivirus has been expanding for the past two decades, with the host range now extending to rodents, bats, and marine mammals. This review focuses on atypical porcine pestivirus or pestivirus K, comparing its unique traits to other pestiviruses known at the structural and functional level.