Virus tables

Question 1

Picornavirus

Answer 1

Single + RNA (one segment)
Icosahedral
Unenveloped
No polymerase in virion

Polio
Coxsackie
Echo
Rhino
Hepatitis A

Question 2

Reovirus

Answer 2

Multiple ds RNA
Icosahedral
Unenveloped
RNA-dep RNA polymerase in virion

Rotavirus (-> infant diarrhea)

Question 3

Orthomyxovirus

Answer 3

Multiple (-) RNA
Helical
Enveloped
RNA-dep RNA polymerase in virion

Influenza

Question 4

Paramyxovirus

Answer 4

Single (-) RNA
Helical
Enveloped
RNA-dep RNA polymerase in virion

Parainfluenza
Resp syncytial virus
Measles
Mumps

Question 5

Rhabdovirus

Answer 5

Single (-) RNA
Helical
Enveloped
RNA-dep RNA polymerase in virion

Rabies

Question 6

Coronavirus

Answer 6

Single + RNA
Helical
Enveloped
No polymerase in virion

SARS

Question 7

Togavirus

Answer 7

Single + RNA
Icosahedral
Enveloped
No polymerase in virion

Equine encephalitis

Question 8

Retrovirus

Answer 8

Two (identical) + RNA
Uncertain shape
Enveloped
Reverse transcriptase in virion (RNA-dep DNA polymerase)

HIV-1
Tumor viruses

Question 9

Parvovirus

Answer 9

Single, single-strand DNA
Icosahedral
Unenveloped
No polymerase in virion

B19 (-> rash, aplastic anemia)

Question 10

Papovavirus

Answer 10

Single circular ds DNA
Icosahedral
Unenveloped
No polymerase in virion

Papillomavirus (-> warts)

Question 11

Adenovirus

Answer 11

Single circular ds DNA
Icosahedral
Unenveloped
No polymerase in virion

Adenoviruses (-> cold, conjunctivitis)

Question 12

Herpesvirus

Answer 12

Single linear ds DNA
Icosahedral
Enveloped
No polymerase in virion

Herpes simplex
Varicella-zoster
Cytomegalovirus
Epstein-Barr

Question 13

Poxvirus

Answer 13

Single linear ds DNA
No nucleocapsid?
Enveloped
DNA-dep RNA-polymerase in virion (-> mRNA in cytoplasm)

Smallpox
Molluscum contageosum

Question 14

Hepadnavirus

Answer 14

Single circular DNA (mostly ds)
Icosahedral
Enveloped
Reverse transcriptase (DNA poly) in virion

Hepatitis B