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Viruses
major viruses in medicine
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Microbiology
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05/09/2013
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Term
Polyomaviridae
 Definition

- ds DNA

- naked
Term
Adenoviridae
 Definition

-dsDNA

- naked
Term
HERPESVIRIDAE
 Definition

- dsDNA

- Enveloped
Term
POXVIRIDAE
 Definition

-dsDNA

- enveloped
Term
PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- dsDNA

- naked
Term
HEPADNAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- Partially dsDNA circular

- enveloped
Term
Circoviridae
 Definition

-ssDNA circular

- naked
Term
Parvoviridae
 Definition

- ssDNA

- non-enveloped
Term
REOVIRIDAE
 Definition

-dsRNA

- non- enveloped
Term
ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-) ssRNA

- enveloped

- Influenza A,B,C
Term
PARAMYXOVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-)ssRNA

- enveloped
Term
-RHABDOVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-) ssRNA

- enveloped

- Vesicular stomatitis virus

- Rabies
Term
FILOVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-)ssRNA

- enveloped

- Ebola and Marburg

- "filum" = filamentous morphology of the filoviron
Term
ARENAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-) ssRNA

- enveloped

- "Arena"= sand= cross section shows grainy particles (ribosomes)
Term
BORNAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (-) ssRNA

 - Enveloped
Term
CORONAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- enveloped
Term
FLAVIVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- enveloped

- Flavus = yellow= yellow fever (called yellow fever because it can cause jaundice in patients)
Term
PICORNAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- naked
Term
TOGAVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- enveloped,
Term
CALICIVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- naked ,

- "calyx"= cup = many strains have cup like depressions
Term
ASTROVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- naked
Term
ARTERIVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- enveloped
Term
HEPEVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA

- naked
Term
RETROVIRIDAE
 Definition

- (+) ssRNA with iDNA

 - ENVELOPED
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