Virus Structural Characteristics

VIRUS STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS Family

Important species

envelopment

Adenoviridae

Baltimore group dsDNA

adenovirus

Picornaviridae

+ssRNA

Herpesviridae

dsDNA

Hepadnaviridae

Flaviviridae

dsDNA and ssDNA +ssRNA

coxsackievirus, hepatitis a virus, poliovirus epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex, type 1, herpes simplex, type 2, human cytomegalovirus, human herpesvirus, type 8, varicella-zoster virus hepatitis B virus

nonenveloped nonenveloped

Retroviridae

+ssRNA

Orthomyxoviridae Paramyxoviridae

-ssRNA -ssRNA

Papillomaviridae

ssDNA

hepatitis C virus, yellow fever virus, dengue virus, west Nile virus, other Flaviviruses human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) influenza virus measles virus, mumps virus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus papillomavirus

Rhabdoviridae

-ssRNA

Togaviridae

+ssRNA

Virion Replication shape site icosahedral nucleus icosahedral

enveloped

nucleus

enveloped

icosahedral nucleus

enveloped

icosahedral

enveloped

enveloped enveloped

spherical spherical

icosahedral

rabies virus

nonenveloped enveloped

Rubella virus

enveloped

helical, bullet shaped icosahedral

nucleus