g18p g18p g18p or rva/pigeon-wt/aus/vic/2016/g18p is a strain of rotavirus a infecting and killing domestic pigeons. this disease is found in western australia, victoria, and south australia. rva/pigeon-wt/aus/vic/2016/g18p(17) virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: duplornaviricota class: resentoviricetes order: reovirales family: reoviridae genus: rotavirus species: rotavirus a strain: rva/pigeon-wt/aus/vic/2016/g18p(17)