View source for Baltimore classification of viruses

* Classification based on the way that the virus creates mRNA

= Class I: dsDNA =

* Adenoviridae (unenveloped): [[adenovirus]]
* Herpesviridae (enveloped)
** [[Herpes simplex virus]]
** [[Varicella-zoster virus]]
** [[Epstein-Barr virus]] (EBV)
** [[Cytomegalovirus]] (CMV)
* Papovaviridae (unenveloped): [[papillomavirus]]
* Orthopoxviridae (complex coats): [[smallpox virus]]

= Class II: ssDNA =

* Parvoviridae: [[parvovirus B19]]

= Class III: dsRNA =

* Reoviridae (unenveloped): [[rotavirus]]

= Class IV: (+)ssRNA =

* Picornaviridae (unenveloped)
** [[Enterovirus]]
** [[Rhinovirus]]
** [[Hepatovirus]] (Hepatitis A)
** [[Coxsackie virus]]
* Caliciviridae (unenveloped): [[norovirus]]
* Togaviridae (enveloped): [[Chikungunya virus]]
* Matonaviridae (enveloped): [[rubella virus]]
* Flaviviridae (enveloped)
** [[Dengue virus]]
** [[Hepatitis C virus]]
** [[Yellow fever virus]]
** [[Zika virus]]
* Coronaviridae (enveloped): corona virus
* Hepeviridae (unenveloped): [[hepatitis E virus]]

= Class V: (–)ssRNA =

* Orthomyxoviridae (enveloped): [[influenza virus]]
* Paramyxoviridae (enveloped)
** [[Measles virus]]
** [[Mumps virus]]
** [[Parainfluenza virus]]
** [[Respiratory syncytial virus]] (RSV)
** [[Human metapneumovirus]]
* Rhabdoviridae (enveloped): [[rabies virus]]
* Filoviridae (enveloped)
** [[Ebola virus]]
** [[Marburg virus]]

= Class VI: ssRNA-RT =

* Retroviridae (enveloped)
** [[Human immunodeficiency virus]] (HIV)
** [[Human T-lymphotropic virus]] (HTLV)

= Class VII: dsDNA-RT =

* Hepadnaviruses (enveloped): [[Hepatitis B virus]]

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