Human RNA Virusescontinued Clinical Microbiology Review 281
COMMON FAMILY NAME REPRESENTATIVE VIRUSES INFECTION(S)
Paramyxoviruses
Picornaviruses
Reoviruses
Retroviruses
Rhabdoviruses
Togaviruses
RTI = respiratory tract infection.
Measles (rubeola)
Mumps
RTI in children
RTI in infants, elderly, immunocompromised
RTI
Polio, hand-foot-mouth disease, aseptic meningitis,
others
Hepatitis A
Common cold
Most common cause of gastroenteritis in infants
& children
AIDS
T-cell leukemia & lymphoma, tropical spastic paraparesis
Rabies
Rubella (German measles)
Eastern, Western, & Venezuelan encephalitis
Measles virus
Mumps virus
Parainfluenza virus
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV)
Enteroviruses (polioviruses, coxsackieviruses A
& B, echoviruses, enteroviruses)
Hepatitis A virus (HAV)
Rhinovirus
Rotavirus
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1,
HIV-2)
Human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-1, HTLV-2)
Rabies virus
Rubella virus
Eastern, Western, & Venezuelan equine
encephalitis viruses