Reoviridae: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
Reoviruses, or Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses, infect invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants. In vertebrates, reoviruses cause infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. [[Rotavirus|Rotaviruses]], part of the Reovirus family, are a major cause of infant deaths in the developing world, killing over 800,000 children under the age of 2 each year. Originally, reoviruses were classified as echoviruses, in the family [[Picornaviridae]]. | Reoviruses, or Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses, infect invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants. In vertebrates, reoviruses cause infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. [[Rotavirus|Rotaviruses]], part of the Reovirus family, are a major cause of infant deaths in the developing world, killing over 800,000 children under the age of 2 each year. Originally, reoviruses were classified as echoviruses, in the family [[Picornaviridae]]. (sources: Microbiology @ Leicester, Wong) | ||
==Genome Structure== | ==Genome Structure== | ||
The reovirus genome is monomeric, | |||
==Virion Structure of a Reovirus== | ==Virion Structure of a Reovirus== | ||
Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[http://phene.cpmc.columbia.edu/ICTVdB/00.060.htm ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/] | |||
[http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/3035/Reoviruses.html Microbiology @ Leicester: Virology: Reoviruses] | |||
[http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/reo/2004wong/reoviridae2004.html Wong, Catherine. Reoviridae 2004.] |
Revision as of 14:22, 19 June 2006
Baltimore Classification
Higher order taxa
Viruses; dsRNA viruses; Reoviridae
Genera
Orthoreovirus, Orbivirus, Rotavirus, Coltivirus, Aquareovirus, Seadornavirus, Cypovirus, Idnoreovirus, Fijivirus, Phytoreovirus, Oryzavirus, Mycoreovirus
Description and Significance
Reoviruses, or Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses, infect invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants. In vertebrates, reoviruses cause infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Rotaviruses, part of the Reovirus family, are a major cause of infant deaths in the developing world, killing over 800,000 children under the age of 2 each year. Originally, reoviruses were classified as echoviruses, in the family Picornaviridae. (sources: Microbiology @ Leicester, Wong)
Genome Structure
The reovirus genome is monomeric,
Virion Structure of a Reovirus
Reproduction Cycle of a Reovirus in a Host Cell
Viral Ecology & Pathology
References
ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/