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VIRUSES CHAPTER 13 1 What are Viruses? Obligate intracellular parasites Viral components – Nucleic acids – Capsid – Envelope 2 Viral Shapes and Sizes Helical Spherical Polyhedral 3 Infectious Properties Viral Host range – Spectrum of host Viral specificity – Types of cells Viral Origins – Unknown 4 Nucleic Acid DNA viruses – ds DNA – ss DNA RNA viruses – + strand – – strand – Double strand 5 11 RNA Virus Families Picornaviridae Togaviridae Flaviviridae Retroviridae Paramyxoviridae Rhabdoviridae Orthomyxoviridae 6 RNA Virus Families (cont.) Filoviridae Bunyaviridae Arenaviridae Reoviridae 7 DNA Virus Families Adenoviridae Herpesviridae Poxviridae Papovaviridae Hepadnaviridae Parvoviridae Emerging Viruses: Previously endemic 8 Viral Replication Activities – Adsorption – Penetration (virus or chromosome) – Synthesis – Maturation – Release 9 Bacteriophages Plaque counts 14 15 16 Culturing Animal Viruses Eggs Cell Culture – Primary – Continuous 17 Viral Cytopathic Effects Cytopathy Teratogenic effects 18 Viruslike Agents Satellites Prions Viroids 19 21