Living Organisms / Virus Families with vertebrate hosts / Families :
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Viral genera and types to have Wildpro links
Enterovirus	Picornaviridae: Avian encephalomyelitis virus (AEV) Picornaviridae: Duck hepatitis virus type 1 Picornaviridae: Duck hepatitis virus type 3 Human poliovirus Human coxsackieviruses Human echoviruses Vilyuisk virus Murine poliovirus (Theiler's encephalomyelitis virus) Simian enterovirus Porcine enterovirus Bovine enterovirus (Teschen-Talfan) Swine vesicular disease
Hepatovirus	Human hepatitis A virus Simian hepatitis virus
Cardiovirus	Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus Murine encephalomyelitis (ME) virus Columbia SK virus MM virus
Rhinovirus	Human rhinoviruses Bovine rhinoviruses Equine rhinoviruses
Aphthovirus	Picornaviridae: Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus (FMDV)

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Morphology
Shape	Icosahedral (B81)
Size	22-30nm diam. (B81)
Envelope	No envelope (B81)
No. of particle polypeptides	4 (B81)

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Genome
Nucleic acid type/No. of strands	single-stranded RNA (B81)
No. of Molecules/Strandedness	1 molecule, +ve stranded (B81)
Molecular weight	2.5 x 10^⁶ (B81)
Enzymes	- (B81)

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Genera "Type Species"
Enterovirus	Human poliovirus 1 (B72)
Hepatovirus	Human hepatitis A virus (strain HM 175) (B72)
Cardiovirus	Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus (B72)
Rhinovirus	Human rhinovirus 1A (B72)
Aphthovirus	Foot and mouth disease virus Aphthovirus O (B72)

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Genera "Host Range"
Enterovirus	Picornaviridae: host range in nature "most species are host-specific. Exceptions include coxsackie B5 virus, EMC virus and aphthviruses; serologic tests suggest they pass occasionally between man and domestic (cloven-footed) animals." (B72)
Hepatovirus	Picornaviridae: host range in nature - see above (B72)
Cardiovirus	Picornaviridae: host range in nature - see above (B72)
Rhinovirus	Picornaviridae: host range in nature - see above (B72)
Aphthovirus	Picornaviridae: host range in nature - see above (B72)

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References
B81	Topley & Wilson
	Microbiology and Microbial Infections; Volume 1: Virology
B72	R I B Francki, C M Fauquet, D L Knudson, F Brown
	Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses; Fifth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
B59	Craig E Greene
	Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat
B58	John W Davis, Lars H Karstad, Daniel O Trainer
	Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals
B60	E A Chandler, J B Sutton, D J Thompson
	Canine Medicine and Therapeutics - Second Edition
B53	E A Chandler, C J Gaskell and A D R Hilbery
	Feline Medicine and Therapeutics
B64	Murray E Fowler
	Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine - First Edition

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