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RNA and Retro Viruse

NameCharacteristicsClinical SignificanceTransmissionTreatment
Coronaviruses enveloped, pleomorphic, +ss RNA common cold, SARS, SARS-CoV2 close contact, respiratory droplets Vaccines for SARS-CoV2
Enteroviruses nonenveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA polio, CNS-flaccid paralysis, poliomyelitis fecal-oral route Vaccine
Rhinoviruses nonenveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA common cold, upper respiratory infection respiratory droplets, hand to hand contact
Hepatovirus nonenveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA Hepatitis A, acute hepatitis, rare chronic hepatitis fecal-oral route Vaccine
Norovirus/Calciviruses nonenveloped, spherical, +ss RNA epidemic acute gastroenteritis fecal-oral route
Alphavirus enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA acute arthropathy, acute encephalitis arthropods
Rubivirus enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA Rubella/German measles, damage to fetus in 1st trimester respiratory droplets Vaccine
Flavivirus enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA Dengue fever (hemorrhagic fever), West Nile fever (encephalitis), Zika (microcephaly) arthropods
Hepatitis C enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA 90% non-A/B hepatitis, hepatocarcinoma IV drug users, hemodialysis patients, tattoos
HIV enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA retrovirus binds to CD4 and CCR5 on T cells, AIDS, susceptibility to opportunistic diseases, malignancies, dementia sexual contact, transfusions, needles, perinatal Nucleoside/nucleotide analogs, integrase inhibitors, protease inhibitors
Human T-cell Lymphotropic Viruses enveloped, icosahedral, +ss RNA retrovirus Type 1 associated with disease, adult T cell leukemia, myelopathy transplacental, breast milk, semen, contaminated blood products
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