Flaviviridae
Sign in to saveFlaviviridae, commonly flavivirus, flaviviral, and flaviviruses, is a family of enveloped positive-strand RNA viruses which mainly infect mammals and birds. They are primarily spread through arthropod vectors (mainly ticks and mosquitoes). The family gets its name from the yellow fever virus; flavus is Latin for "yellow", and yellow fever in turn was named because of its propensity to cause jaundice in victims. The family has five genera. Diseases associated with the group include: hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and the birth defect microcephaly.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumKitrinoviricota
- ClassFlasuviricetes
- OrderAmarillovirales
- FamilyFlaviviridae
Habitatmarine
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Research
81,593 papers- Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae.Archives of virology · 2023
- Flaviviridae Nonstructural Proteins: The Role in Molecular Mechanisms of Triggering Inflammation.Viruses · 2022
- Flaviviridae Viruses and Oxidative Stress: Implications for Viral Pathogenesis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019
- Infections with flaviviridae.Verhandelingen - Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van Belgie · 1999
- Mapping glycoprotein structure reveals Flaviviridae evolutionary history.Nature · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
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- Named after
- Flavivirus
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Life cycle
- Host range and evolutionary history
- Taxonomy
- Clinical importance
- References
- External links
Flaviviridae, commonly flavivirus, flaviviral, and flaviviruses, is a family of enveloped positive-strand RNA viruses which mainly infect mammals and birds. They are primarily spread through arthropod vectors (mainly ticks and mosquitoes). The family gets its name from the yellow fever virus; flavus is Latin for "yellow", and yellow fever in turn was named because of its propensity to cause jaundice in victims. The family has five genera. Diseases associated with the group include: hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and the birth defect microcephaly.
== Structure == Virus particles are enveloped and spherical with icosahedral-like geometries that have pseudo T=3 symmetry. They are about 40–60 nm in diameter.