Rabbit Anti-CarMV polyclonal antibody for ELISA. The origin of Carnation mottle virus (CarMV) is unknown. The virus was first detected in the UK, into which it was probably introduced in commercial stocks of carnations and/or pinks.CarMV is an RNA-containing virus with isometric particles about 32-35 nm in diameter that mainly infects species in the Caryophyllaceae. It is transmitted mechanically but has no known vector. The virus is the type species of the genus Carmovirus which comprises 14 definitive and 8 tentative species and, together with seven additional genera (Tombusvirus, Dianthovirus, Aureusvirus, Avenavirus, Necrovirus, Panicovirus and Machlomovirus), is included in the family Tombusviridae.