If you are using these datasets, please cite:

Dimitrov, K.M., Abolnik, C., Afonso, C.L., Albina, E., Bahl, J., Berg, M., Briand, F.X., Brown, I.H., Choi, K.S., Chvala, I.,
Diel, D.G., Durr, P.A., Ferreira, H.L., Fusaro, A., Gil, P., Goujgoulova, G.V., Grund, C., Hicks, J.T., Joannis, T.M., 
Kim Torchetti, M., Kolosov, S., Lambrecht, B., Lewis, N.S., Liu, H., Liu, H., McCullough, S., Miller, P.J., Monne, I., 
Muller, C.P., Munir, M., Reischak, D., Sabra, M., Samal, S.K., Servan de Almeida, R., Shittu, I., Snoeck, C.J., 
Suarez, D.L., Van Borm, S., Wang, Z., Wong, F.Y.K., 2019. Updated unified phylogenetic classification system and 
revised nomenclature for Newcastle disease virus. Infect. Genet. Evol., 103917.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.103917.


These datasets were created by an international consortium of NDV experts for the needs of objective classification of NDV isolates.

Please address any questions to:

dimitrov_kiril@yahoo.com
claudio.afonso@ars.usda.gov


Updated unified phylogenetic classification system and revised nomenclature for Newcastle disease virus

Kiril M. Dimitrov a*, Celia Abolnik b, Claudio L. Afonso a*, Emmanuel Albina c,d, Justin Bahl e, Mikael Berg f, Francois-Xavier Briand g, Ian H. Brown h, Kang-Seuk Choi i, Ilya Chvala j, Diego G. Diel k, Peter A. Durr l, Helena L. Ferreira a,m, Alice Fusaro n, Patricia Gil d,o, Gabriela V. Goujgoulova p, Christian Grund q, Joseph T. Hicks e, Tony M. Joannis r, Mia Kim Torchetti s, Sergey Kolosov j, Bénédicte Lambrecht t, Nicola S. Lewis h,u, Haijin Liu v, Hualei Liu w, Sam McCullough l, Patti J. Miller x, Isabella Monne n, Claude P. Muller y, Muhammad Munir z, Dilmara Reischak aa, Mahmoud Sabra ab, Siba K. Samal ac, Renata Servan de Almeida d,o, Ismaila Shittu r, Chantal J. Snoeck y, David L. Suarez a, Steven Van Borm t, Zhiliang Wang w, Frank Y. K. Wong l

a Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, US National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, 934 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, USA
b Department of Production Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Old Soutpan Road, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, 0110, South Africa
c CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, F-97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France
d ASTRE CIRAD, INRA, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
e Center for Ecology of Infectious Disease, Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
f Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7028, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
g ANSES, Avian and Rabbit Virology Immunology and Parasitology Unit, National reference laboratory for avian Influenza and Newcastle disease, BP 53 - 22440 Ploufragan, France
h OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA –Weybridge), Addlestone, KT15 3NB, UK
i Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), 177 Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 39660, Republic of Korea
j Federal Governmental Budgetary Institution, Federal Centre for Animal Health, FGI ARRIAH, Vladimir 600901, Russia
k Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Animal Disease, Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
l CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Portarlington Road, East Geelong, Victoria 3219, Australia
m University of Sao Paulo, ZMV- FZEA, Pirassununga, 13635900, Brazil
n Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Viale dell’Università 10, Legnaro 35020, Italy
o CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, F-34398 Montpellier, France
p National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, 15 Pencho Slaveikov blvd., Sofia 1606, Bulgaria
q Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany
r Regional Laboratory for Animal Influenzas and Transboundary Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria
s National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Diagnostics and Biologics, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, IA 50010, USA
t Infectious Diseases in Animals, SCIENSANO, Groeselenberg 99, 1180 Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium
u Royal Veterinary College, University of London, 4 Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK
v College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People’s Republic of China
w China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center (CAHEC), 369 Nanjing Road, Qingdao 266032, China
x Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 953 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA
y Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, 29, rue Henri Koch, L-4354 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
z Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
aa Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, Laboratório Federal de Defesa Agropecuário, Campinas, SP, 13100-105 Brazil
ab Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
ac Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA