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History and name

To preclude this potential confusion, a taxonomic proposal (TaxoProp 2022.007S.A.Flaviviridae_1genren_sprenamed) was submitted to the ICTV in 2022. It proposed that the genus Flavivirus be renamed Orthoflavivirus, which roughly translates to "true flaviviruses" or "flaviviruses sensu stricto ". This proposal was approved by the ICTV Executive Committee in late 2022 and ratified by the ICTV in April 2023. Consequently, the terms "flaviviral", "flavivirus", and "flaviviruses" should be used to refer to the collective members of the family Flaviviridae, whereas the terms "orthoflaviviral", "orthoflavivirus", and "orthoflaviviruses" should be used for viruses of the genus Orthoflavivirus (all orthoflaviviruses are flaviviruses, but not all flaviviruses are orthoflaviviruses).