ABSTRACT
IV. Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) Viruses that serve as mRNAs
A. Cornivirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS)
1. Enteric Viruses 2. Poliovirus 3. Rhinovirus (common cold) B. Flavivirus 1. Hepatitis C Virus 2. West Nile Virus 3. Yellow Fever Virus (yellow fever) C. Picornivirus 1. Hepatitis A Virus 2. Poliovirus 3. Rhinovirus (common cold) 4. Other enteric viruses D. Togavirus 1. Equine Encephalitis Viruses (encephalitis) 2. Rubella Virus V. Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) Viruses that are RNA
templates A. Filovirus (Ebola Virus (Hemorrhagic Fever)) B. Orthomyxovirus (Influenza Viruses (influenza)) C. Paramyxovirus (Measles Virus, Mumps Virus) D. Rhabdovirus (Rabies Virus) VI. Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) Viruses that are
templates for DNA synthesis (retrovirus) A. Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (= HIVs)
(acquired-immunodeficiency syndrome) B. RNA Tumor Viruses (leukemia, etc.)
a Campbell and Reece (2005, 330). The subclasses within each class differ mainly in their capsid structures and in the presence, or absence, of envelopes.
