The animal models used for viral inoculation include experimental animals such as transgenic animals, monkeys, primates or non-human primates (NHPs), hamsters, guinea pig, and laboratory […]
Viral cultivation unlike the cultivation or culture of other microbial forms including bacteria and fungi is quite unique and different from the usual routine cultivation […]
Rhabdoviridae family is comprised of viruses generally known as rhabdoviruses. Rhabdoviruses have a ss(-)RNA genome and they measure between 45-100 nm in diameter. They are […]
Paramyxoviridae family is a large family of viruses that infect both humans and animals. Viruses in this family are generally called paramyxoviruses. The paramyxoviruses include […]
Coronaviridae family is comprised of viruses known as coronaviruses. There are only two genera of viruses in the Coronaviridae family. Coronavirus (which contain Coronaviruses) and […]
Filoviridae family consists of viruses generally known as Filoviruses. Filoviruses have a ss(-)RNA genome. They are enveloped viruses because they have envelope. Viruses in this […]
Arenaviridae family is comprised of viruses that are transmitted from animals particularly rodents such as mice, rabbits and rats to humans when they come in […]
Reoviridae family is a unique family of RNA-containing viruses because it is among the family of RNA viruses that contain viruses which posses a double-stranded […]
Astroviridae family contains only two genera of viruses; and these include Mamastrovirus (which contain the human Astroviruses and animal Astroviruses) and Avastrovirus (which contain viruses […]
Picornaviridae family represents a large family of virus that causes infections in humans, primates and other mammals. Enteroviruses, polio virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus (the first […]
Caliciviridae family is a family of non-enveloped viruses that possess a ss(+)RNA genome. Their site of replication is in the cytoplasm of their host cell. […]
Bornaviridae family contains only one genus of virus known as Bornavirus. The genus Bornavirus contain only one member species of virus known as Borna disease […]