PetriKey

Viruses

Viruses in PetriKey

Genome type, structure, and disease associations across the core viral families.

48 reference cards

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Adenovirus

Nonenveloped double-stranded DNA virus

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BK virus

Transplant nephropathy and cystitis

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Chikungunya virus

Aedes alphavirus, disabling arthralgia

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Coxsackievirus

Enteroviruses of HFMD and myocarditis

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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

Nairovirus, Hyalomma tick, livestock

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Cytomegalovirus

Herpesvirus with owl-eye inclusion clue

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Dengue virus

Aedes-borne flavivirus, breakbone fever

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Ebola virus

Filamentous filovirus, bat reservoir, VHF

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Enterovirus group

Nonenveloped positive-sense RNA picornaviruses

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Epstein-Barr virus

B-cell tropic herpesvirus

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Hantavirus

Bunyavirus, deer mouse, pulmonary syndrome

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Hepatitis A virus

Nonenveloped positive-sense RNA hepatitis virus

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Hepatitis B virus

Partially double-stranded DNA virus

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Hepatitis C virus

Enveloped positive-sense RNA virus

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Hepatitis D virus

Defective satellite virus needing HBV

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Hepatitis E virus

Waterborne enteric hepatitis, risk in pregnancy

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Herpes simplex virus

Enveloped double-stranded DNA virus

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HIV

Retrovirus with reverse transcriptase

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HTLV-1

Oncogenic retrovirus, ATLL and HAM/TSP

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Human herpesvirus 6

Roseola infantum (sixth disease)

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Human herpesvirus 8

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

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Human metapneumovirus

RSV-like bronchiolitis and pneumonia

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Human papillomavirus

Nonenveloped circular DNA virus

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Influenza virus

Segmented negative-sense RNA virus

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Japanese encephalitis virus

Culex flavivirus, pigs and birds, Asia

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JC virus

Cause of PML in immunosuppression

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Lassa virus

Arenavirus, Mastomys rat, West Africa

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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Arenavirus, house mouse, aseptic meningitis

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Marburg virus

Filovirus, cave/mine bat exposure, VHF

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Measles virus

Enveloped negative-sense RNA paramyxovirus

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Molluscum contagiosum virus

Umbilicated papules from a poxvirus

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Mumps virus

Parotitis, orchitis, aseptic meningitis

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Norovirus

Nonenveloped positive-sense RNA GI virus

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Parainfluenza virus

Leading cause of croup in children

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Parvovirus B19

Small nonenveloped single-stranded DNA virus

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Poliovirus

Enterovirus of paralytic poliomyelitis

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Rabies virus

Bullet-shaped negative-sense RNA virus

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Respiratory syncytial virus

Enveloped negative-sense RNA virus

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Rhinovirus

Nonenveloped positive-sense RNA virus

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Rotavirus

Segmented double-stranded RNA virus

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Rubella virus

German measles and congenital rubella

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SARS-CoV-2

Enveloped positive-sense RNA coronavirus

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Seasonal human coronaviruses

229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1 common-cold agents

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Varicella-zoster virus

Herpesvirus with latency/reactivation clue

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Variola virus

Smallpox agent, eradicated in 1980

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West Nile virus

Culex flavivirus, neuroinvasive, birds

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Yellow fever virus

Aedes flavivirus, jaundice, Councilman bodies

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Zika virus

Aedes flavivirus, congenital microcephaly