Galapagos Species Database
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Vesiculovirus Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
Estomatitis vesicular contagiosa, Vesicular stomatitis
Domain
Virus
Kingdom
Incertae sedis
Phylum
Incertae sedis
Class
Incertae sedis
Order
Mononegavirales
Family
Rhabdoviridae
Genus
Vesiculovirus
Species
Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1997
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Parasites/pathogens on animals
Introduced status: Coexists with introduced species
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (2010) Virus Taxonomy List: 2009 Release, online database. http://www.ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp?version=2009.
- Cruz, D. (2013) Diagnóstico sero-epidemiológico para determinar presencia-ausencia de fiebre aftosa, brucelosis y tuberculosis. Agencia de Regulación y Control de la Bioseguridad y Cuarentena para Galapagos. Santa Cruz
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"Galapagos Species Database, Vesiculovirus Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11847. Accessed 19 August 2025.