Orthomyxoviridae (Flu) Virus
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An Orthomyxoviridae (Flu) Virus is a RNA virus that ...
- Context:
- It can (often) cause a Influenza (flu cases via flu infections).
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- Example(s):
- an Influenza A Virus/Alphainfluenzavirus, such as: Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (Spanish Flu), ...
- an Influenza B Virus/Betainfluenzavirus.
- an Influenza C Virus.
- an Influenza D Virus.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Cold (Rhino) Virus.
- a Coronaviridae Virus, such as COVID-19 virus.
- See: COVID-19 Virus, Isavirus, Quaranjavirus, Thogotovirus.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomyxoviridae Retrieved:2020-2-25.
- Orthomyxoviridae (ὀρθός, orthós, Greek for "straight"; μύξα, mýxa, Greek for “mucus") [1] is a family of RNA viruses. It includes seven genera: Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B, Influenzavirus C, Influenzavirus D, Isavirus, Thogotovirus, and Quaranjavirus. The first four genera contain viruses that cause influenza in vertebrates, including birds (see also avian influenza), humans, and other mammals. Isaviruses infect salmon; the thogotoviruses are arboviruses, infecting vertebrates and invertebrates, such as ticks and mosquitoes.
The four genera of Influenza virus, which are identified by antigenic differences in their nucleoprotein and matrix protein, infect vertebrates as follows:
- Influenzavirus A infects humans, other mammals, and birds, and causes all flu pandemics.
- Influenzavirus B infects humans and seals.
- Influenzavirus C infects humans, pigs, and dogs.
- Influenzavirus D infects pigs and cattle
- Orthomyxoviridae (ὀρθός, orthós, Greek for "straight"; μύξα, mýxa, Greek for “mucus") [1] is a family of RNA viruses. It includes seven genera: Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B, Influenzavirus C, Influenzavirus D, Isavirus, Thogotovirus, and Quaranjavirus. The first four genera contain viruses that cause influenza in vertebrates, including birds (see also avian influenza), humans, and other mammals. Isaviruses infect salmon; the thogotoviruses are arboviruses, infecting vertebrates and invertebrates, such as ticks and mosquitoes.
- ↑ International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Index of Viruses — Orthomyxovirus (2006). In: ICTVdB—The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York.