Gyrovirus

Chicken Infectious anemia virus (CIAv) is the only member of the genus.
Gyro: from Latin gyrus, “ring” or “circuit”.

Year	Event	Reference
1979	Isolation of chicken anemia agent (CAA)	Yuasa N, Taniguchi T, Yoshida I. Isolation and some characteristics of an agent inducing anemia in chicks. Avian diseases. 1979 Apr 1:366-85.t al. (1979) Avian Diseases 23:366-385
1997	Prototype attenuated CAV	Meehan BM, Todd D, Creelan JL, Connor TJ, McNulty MS. Investigation of the attenuation exhibited by a molecularly cloned chicken anemia virus isolate by utilizing a chimeric virus approach. Journal of virology. 1997 Nov;71(11):8362-7.
1998	Prototype modified live vaccine	Noteborn MH, Verschueren CA, van Ormondt H, van der Eb AJ. Chicken anemia virus strains with a mutated enhancer/promoter region share reduced virus spread and cytopathogenicity. Gene. 1998 Nov 26;223(1-2):165-72.