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Influenza virus
Coronavirus
Rhinovirus
Respiratory Syncytial virus
Parainfluenza virus
Family: Orthomyxoviridae
Enveloped
Helical capsid
8 segments (-) single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
80-120nm
Envelope
(+) Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
Helical capsid
Bulbous surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a royal crown or of the solar corona under EM
Family: Coronaviridae
70-120nm
Naked
Icosahedral capsid
(+) Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
30nm
Family: Picornaviridae
Family: Pneumoviridae
Enveloped
Helical capsid
(-) Single-stranded RNA
F proteins on the surface of the virus cause the cell membranes on nearby cells to merge, forming syncytia.
120-200nm
Family: Paramyxoviridae
Enveloped
Helical capsid
(-) single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
150-250nm
Genus
cause CROUP
Respirovirus (HPIVs-1, HPIVs-3)
Rubulavirus (HPIVs-2, HPIVs-4)
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