Baltimore classification of viruses: Difference between revisions

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* Classification based on the way that the virus creates mRNA
* Classification based on the way that the virus creates mRNA


= Class I: dsDNA =
== Class I: dsDNA ==

* Adenoviridae (unenveloped): [[adenovirus]]
* Adenoviridae (unenveloped): [[adenovirus]]
* Herpesviridae (enveloped)
* Herpesviridae (enveloped)
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* Orthopoxviridae (complex coats): [[smallpox virus]]
* Orthopoxviridae (complex coats): [[smallpox virus]]


= Class II: ssDNA =
== Class II: ssDNA ==

* Parvoviridae: [[parvovirus B19]]
* Parvoviridae: [[parvovirus B19]]


= Class III: dsRNA =
== Class III: dsRNA ==

* Reoviridae (unenveloped): [[rotavirus]]
* Reoviridae (unenveloped): [[rotavirus]]


= Class IV: (+)ssRNA =
== Class IV: (+)ssRNA ==

* Picornaviridae (unenveloped)
* Picornaviridae (unenveloped)
** [[Enterovirus]]
** [[Enterovirus]]
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* Hepeviridae (unenveloped): [[hepatitis E virus]]
* Hepeviridae (unenveloped): [[hepatitis E virus]]


= Class V: (–)ssRNA =
== Class V: (–)ssRNA ==

* Orthomyxoviridae (enveloped): [[influenza virus]]
* Orthomyxoviridae (enveloped): [[influenza virus]]
* Paramyxoviridae (enveloped)
* Paramyxoviridae (enveloped)
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* Arenaviridae (enveloped): [[Lassa virus]]
* Arenaviridae (enveloped): [[Lassa virus]]


= Class VI: ssRNA-RT =
== Class VI: ssRNA-RT ==

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


= Class VII: dsDNA-RT =
== Class VII: dsDNA-RT ==

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



Revision as of 01:14, 8 February 2020

  • Classification based on the way that the virus creates mRNA

Class I: dsDNA

Class II: ssDNA

Class III: dsRNA

Class IV: (+)ssRNA

Class V: (–)ssRNA

Class VI: ssRNA-RT

Class VII: dsDNA-RT