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BLOOD-BORNE VIRUSES - created from Mind Map
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Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / Lentivirus
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C virus
Family: Retroviridae
Roughly spherical
Enveloped
Icosahedral capsid
2 copies (+) Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
120nm
Upon entry into the target cell, the viral RNA genome is converted (reverse transcribed) into double-stranded DNA by a virally encoded reverse transcriptase that is transported along with the viral genome in the virus particle
The resulting viral DNA is then imported into the cell nucleus and integrated into the cellular DNA by a virally encoded integrase and host co-factors.
Dane particle (virion)
Family: Hepadnaviridae
Enveloped
Icosahedral capsid
Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)
42nm
Family: Flaviviridae
Enveloped
Icosahedral capsid
(+) Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA)
55-65nm
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