HIV-1 has, for decades, been called, well, HIV-1. But no, according to the ICTV, that will no longer do, so the new name for this virus is "Lentivirus humimdef1".
Yup, you read that right.
Somebody needs to take away whatever drugs the committee is on. All viruses renamed - it's insane.
Kristian G. Andersen
Orthohantavirus sinnombreense
Mammarenavirus lassaense
Mammarenavirus juninense
Mammarenavirus lujoense
Orthoebolavirus zairense
Orthoflavivirus zikaense
Orthoflavivirus denguei
Orthoflavivirus nilense
Henipavirus nipahense
Phlebovirus riftense
You just can't make this s*** up. You really can't.
