Medical Microbiology

382 7 GeneralVirology

Table

7.

2

Tax

onom

y

of

the

Viruses

Nu

cl

ei

c

acid

N

uc

le

o-

cap

sid

sy

mmetr

y

En

velop

e

Virusdiam

eter

(nm)

ss/d

s

1

(p

olar

it

y)

Family

Genus

Ex

emplar

y

impor

tant

species

19

-^2

5

ss

Par

vo

viridae

Er

ythro

virus

Par

vov

irus

B1

9

nak

ed

55

ds

Papillomaviridae

Papil

loma

virus

Hum

an

papi

lloma

virus

(HPV

)

45

ds

Poly

omav

iridae

Poly

oma

virus

BK

virus,

JC

virus

cub

ic

70

-^90

ds

Adeno

vir

idae

Mastadeno

virus

Adeno

virus

es

2 7/42

2

ss

Hepad

naviridae

Or

tho-

hepa

dna

virus

Hepa

titis

B

virus

DNA

en

velope

1 00/200

2

ds

He

rp

es

vir

id

ae

Simplexvirus

Herpes

sim

plex

virus

Va

ricello

virus

Va

ricella

zost

er

virus

Cyt

omeg

alo-

virus

Cyt

omeg

alo

virus

Ros

eolo

virus

Hum

an

herpesvirus

6

Lymphocr

yp

to

• 
  

virus

Epst

ein-Barr

virus

com

plex

en

velope

230

!

350

ds

Po

xviridae

Or

thop

ox

Va

riola

virus,

vaccinia

virus

Parapo

x

Or

fvirus

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