Animal viruses
Viruses, catagorized by type of genetic material
ds DNA, linear
Espstein-Barr virus (EBV): infectious mononecleosis
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adenoviruses
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poxvirus:smallpox
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cytomegalovirus (CMV):
birth defects, pneumonia or hepatitis
(under special circumstances)
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human papiloma viruses:genital
or oral carcinomas; benign genital tumors
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polyoma virus:tumors
in mice
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simian virus 40 (SV40):
monkey virus that can cause
tumors in rodents
part ss DNA and part ds DNA (circular)
hepatitis B virus: serum hepatitis and chronic liver disease
RNA viruses
+ (mRNA) single stranded RNA
retrovirus
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poliovirus:
infantile paralysis
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rhinovirus:
common cold
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Hepatitis
A virus:infection hepatitis
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yellow fever virus
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hepatitis C virus:
nonA, nonB hepatitis
- (antisense) single
stranded RNA
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rabies virus
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mumps virus
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measles virus
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+/- double stranded
RNA virus