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SARS-CoV-1
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1), previously known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), is a coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the respiratory illness responsible for the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. It is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that infects the epithelial cells within the lungs. The virus enters the host cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. It infects humans, bats, and palm civets. The SARS-CoV-1 outbreak was largely brought under control by simple public health meas
human metapneumovirus
species of virus
poliovirus
Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae. There are three poliovirus serotypes, numbered 1, 2, and 3.
Orthopoxvirus monkeypox
species of the genus Orthopoxvirus
rabies virus
species of virus
Dengue virus
cause of dengue fever
Marburg virus
virus in the species Marburg marburgvirus
Mumps rubulavirus
viral agent that causes mumps
Western equine encephalitis virus
species of virus
Norwalk virus
species of virus
Puumala orthohantavirus
human virus discovered in 1980
yellow fever virus
species of virus
Lyssavirus australis
species of virus
Bourbon virus
species of RNA virus (genus Thogotovirus, family Orthomyxoviridae) identified in 2014 in Bourbon County, Kansas, US
Ross River virus
species of virus
Sudan ebolavirus
species of virus
Human virome
total collection of viruses in and on the human body