- Flaviviridae
Taxobox
name = "Flaviviridae"
virus_group = iv
familia = "Flaviviridae"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Flavivirus "
"Pestivirus "
"Hepacivirus "The "Flaviviridae" are a family ofvirus es that are primarily spread through arthropod vectors (mainly ticks and mosquitoes). The family gets its name from Yellow Fever virus, a type virus of Flaviviridae; "flavus" means yellow in Latin. (Yellow fever in turn was named because of its propensity to cause jaundice in victims.) [http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Flaviviridae Accessed July 22,2008] .They include the following genera:
*Genus "Flavivirus " (type species "Yellow fever virus", others include "West Nile virus " and "Dengue Fever ")—contains 67 identified human and animal viruses
*Genus "Hepacivirus " (type species "Hepatitis C virus ", the single member)
*Genus "Pestivirus " (type species "Bovine virus diarrhea ", others includeclassical swine fever or hog cholera)—contains viruses infecting non-human mammals"Flaviviridae" have monopartite, linear, single-stranded
RNA genomes of positive polarity, 9.6- to 12.3-kilobase in length. The 5'-termini of flaviviruses carry a methylatednucleotide cap, while other members of this family are uncapped and encode an internal ribosome entry site. Virus particles are enveloped and spherical, about 40-60 nm in diameter.Major diseases caused by the "Flaviviridae" family include:
*Dengue fever
*Japanese encephalitis
*Kyasanur Forest disease
*Murray Valley encephalitis
*St. Louis encephalitis
*Tick-borne encephalitis
*West Nile encephalitis
*Yellow fever
*Hepatitis C Virus InfectionReferences
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