ICTV Master Species List 2021.v1

Dear admin, In a latest ref. (Dance, A. The incredible diversity of viruses. Nature 595, 22–25 (2021).), the author stated that: "There are just 9,110 named species listed by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), but that’s obviously a pitiful fraction of the total." But we found that there are 10,434 known and named virus species in the ICTV Master Species List 2021.v1 (ICTV2021 Master Species List#37,Excel Spreadsheet). We would appreciate it if you could help us confirm which figure is accurate. For example, we could state like that: "At least 10,434 known and named virus species could infect humans." Thank you for your kind consideration.

Dear admin, In a latest ref. (Dance, A. The incredible diversity of viruses. Nature 595, 22–25 (2021).), the author stated that: "There are just 9,110 named species listed by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), but that’s obviously a pitiful fraction of the total." But we found that there are 10,434 known and named virus species in the ICTV Master Species List 2021.v1 (ICTV2021 Master Species List#37,Excel Spreadsheet). We would appreciate it if you could help us confirm which figure is accurate. For example, we could state like that: "At least 10,434 known and named virus species could infect humans." Thank you for your kind consideration.

The current number of species recognized by the ICTV (March 2022 release) is 10,434 as indicated on the web page,  https://ictv.global/taxonomy. The number cited by the paper is based on the previous ICTV release from March 2021.