Viruses

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MD, FACP · Clinical Assistant Professor
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Classification of medically important viruses

Virus map by system

 

Respiratory

GI-Liver

CNS

Skin

Systemic

ssRNA

Influenza A/B

Enteroviruses (Coxsackie, Echo)

 

Rubeola (Measles)

Parainfluenza

Poliovirus

Rabies

 

Rubella

RSV

Norovirus

Arboviruses: Zika, West Nile, St. Louis Encephalitis,  Japanese Encephalitis, 

 

Mumps

Rhinovirus

Yellow Fever 

 

Coxsackie

Coronavirus (MERS, SARS)

Hepatitis A, C, D, and E

 

Dengue

Metapneumovirus

     

Ebola

       

Marburg

dsRNA

 

Rotavirus

HTLV-1

 

HIV

ssDNA

       

Parvovirus

dsDNA

Adenovirus

Herpes Simplex 1 and 2

 
 

Hepatitis B*

JC Virus

Varicella Zoster

     

Human Herpes Virus 6–8 

     

Human Papilloma Virus*

Epstein Barr Virus*

       

Cytomegalovirus

     

Molluscum contagiosum

 
     

Smallpox

*Oncogenic viruses.