Viral Families Flashcards
Herpesviruses
Double stranded DNA
Linear genome
Enveloped
HSV
Poxviruses
Double stranded DNA
Linear genome
Enveloped
Ex: smallpox
Adenoviruses
Double stranded DNA
Linear genome
Unenveloped
Human Adenovirus B
Papillomaviruses
Double stranded DNA
Circular genome
Unenveloped
HPV
Polyomaviruses
Double stranded DNA
Circular
Unenveloped
Simian vacuolating virus 40, latent infections and tumor causing potential
Parvoviruses
Single stranded DNA
linear genome
Unenveloped
Canine parvovirus type 2
Retroviruses
+ RNA via DNA
Enveloped
HIV
Reoviruses
Double stranded RNA
Segmented genome
Double capsid
Rotavirus
Rhabdoviruses
Negative sense RNA
Enveloped
VSV
Paramyxoviruses
Negative sense RNA
Enveloped
RSV
Orthomyoxoviruses
Negative sense RNA
Segmented genome
Enveloped
Influenza A
Filoviruses
Negative sense RNA
Enveloped
Ebola
Bunyaviruses
Negative sense RNA
Enveloped
Viral hemorrhagic fevers , meningitis, encephalitis
Arenaviruses
Negative sense RNA
Segmented genome
Enveloped
CASV, neurological and hemorrhagic fever
Togaviruses
Positive sense RNA
Enveloped
Eastern equine encephalitis; rubella; chikungunya