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virus classification
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27
Health Care
Graduate
10/23/2009

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Term
name the DNA virus families
Definition
Herpesviridae, Hepadnaviridae, Adenoviridae, Papovaviridae, Parvoviridae, Poxviridae
Term
Herpesviridae
Definition
enveloped, dsDNA, icosahedral
Term
Hepadnaviridae
Definition
enveloped, dsDNA, icosahedral
Term
poxviridae
Definition
enveloped, dsDNA, complex (pox in a box)
Term
papovaviridae
Definition
naked, dsDNA, icosahedral
Term
adenoviridae
Definition
naked, dsDNA, icosahedral
Term
parvoviridae
Definition
naked, ssDNA, icosahedral
Term
Picornaviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, naked, icosahedral
Term
caliciviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, naked, icosahedral
Term
togaviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, enveloped, icosahedral
Term
flaviviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, enveloped, icosahedral
Term
coronaviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
retroviridae
Definition
+ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
bunyaviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
orthomyxoviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
paramyxoviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
rhabdoviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, bullet-shaped
Term
arenaviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
filoviridae
Definition
-ssRNA, enveloped, helical
Term
reoviridae
Definition
dsRNA, naked, icosahedral
Term
picornaviridae - diseases/viruses we're concerned with
Definition
(all spread by fecal-oral route, cause acute inf) enteroviruses, poliovirus, hep A, rhinoviruses
Term
calciviridae - diseases/viruses we're concerned with
Definition
norwalk virus (childhood diarrhea), hep E
Term
reoviridae - disease/virus we're concerned with
Definition
rotavirus (childhood epidemic diarrhea)
Term
flaviviridae - diseases/viruses we're concerned with
Definition
st. louis encephalitis virus, dengue virus (immune enhancement), yellow fever virus, hep C, west nile
Term
bunyaviridae - viruses/diseases we're concerned with
Definition
hantavirus (non-arthropod borne multisystem inf w/high mortality, contact with infected rodent feces); california encephalitis virus group (lacrosse)
Term
arenaviridae - diseases/viruses we're concerned with
Definition
lassa fever virus (systemic disease with high mortality - rodents in africa)
Term
filoviridae - diseases/viruses we're concerned with
Definition
filamentous virions, ebola virus (multisystem disease with very high mortality - contact with monkeys in africa)
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