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Human RNA Viruses Clinical Microbiology Review 280


COMMON FAMILY NAME REPRESENTATIVE VIRUSES INFECTION(S)

Arenaviruses

Astroviruses

Bunyaviruses

Caliciviruses

Coronaviruses

Filoviruses

Flaviviruses

Orthomyxoviruses

Aseptic meningitis or meningoencephalitis
Lassa fever

Gastroenteritis in children

Encephalitis, hepatitis

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)

Most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis in U.S.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), cold-like
infections, pediatric diarrhea

Hemorrhagic fever

Yellow fever, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue fever, West
Nile virus infection

Hepatitis C

Influenza

Lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus (LCM)
Lassa fever virus

Astrovirus

Arboviruses (California encephalitis,
LaCrosse virus)
Hantaviruses (Sin Nombre virus)

Noroviruses

Coronavirus

Marburg & Ebola viruses

Arboviruses (yellow fever virus, St. Louis
encephalitis virus, dengue virus, West
Nile virus)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Influenza A, B, & C

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