What are 5 types of DNA viruses?
Adenoviridae (5)
Poxviridae (4)
Herpesviridae (HHV) (3)
What are the 8 strains of HHV?
Papovaviridae (3)
What is an example of papovaviridae?
Papillomavirus
Hepadnaviridae (4)
What is an example of hepadnaviridae?
Hepatitis B virus
- uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA
In an RNA virus where do viruses multiply?
In the host cell’s cytoplasm using RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
What are the 2 types of strands in RNA viruses?
ssRNA: + (sense) strand
Viral RNA serves as mRNA for protein synthesis
ssRNA: - (antisense) strand
Virla RNA is transcribed to a + strand to serve as mRNA for protein synthesis
What are 5 examples of RNA viruses?
Picornaviridae (3)
What are 3 examples of picornaviridae?
Enterovirus
Poliovirus and coxsackievirus
Rhinovirus
Common cold
Togaviridae (3)
What are 2 examples of togaviridae?
2. Rubivirus
Alphavirus
Transmitted arthropods
- includes chikungunya
Rubivirus
Rubella
Rhabdoviridae (2)
2. ssRNA - (antisense) strand
What is an example of rhabdoviridae
Lyssauvirus