VIRUS STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

Family Baltimore Important species envelopment Virion Replication

group shape site
Adenoviridae dsDNA adenovirus non- icosahedral nucleus
enveloped
Picornaviridae +ssRNA coxsackievirus, non- icosahedral
hepatitis a virus, enveloped
poliovirus
Herpesviridae dsDNA epstein-barr virus, enveloped nucleus
herpes simplex,
type 1, herpes
simplex, type 2,
human
cytomegalovirus,
human
herpesvirus, type
8, varicella-zoster
virus
Hepadnaviridae dsDNA hepatitis B virus enveloped icosahedral nucleus
and
ssDNA
Flaviviridae +ssRNA hepatitis C virus, enveloped icosahedral
yellow fever
virus, dengue
virus, west Nile
virus, other
Flaviviruses
Retroviridae +ssRNA human enveloped
immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)
Orthomyxoviridae -ssRNA influenza virus enveloped spherical nucleus
Paramyxoviridae -ssRNA measles virus, enveloped spherical
mumps virus,
parainfluenza
virus, respiratory
syncytial virus
Papillomaviridae ssDNA papillomavirus non- icosahedral
enveloped
Rhabdoviridae -ssRNA rabies virus enveloped helical,
bullet
shaped
Togaviridae +ssRNA Rubella virus enveloped icosahedral