Sunday, January 25, 2009

Why they named so?



Arena virus -presence of Ribosome,sand like appearance( Gr:Arena=Sand)

Corona virus - Crown like appearance

Influenza virus - Influence of the cold(Influenza del freddo)

Myxoma virus - Affinity towards myxa proteins of upper respiratory proteins

Rhino virus - Running nose for common cold (Gr:Rhino=Nose)

Sin Nombre Virus - Nameless virus

Filo virus - Filamentous appearance

Dengue virus - Spirit of devil

Rota virus - Wheel like appearance

Adeno virus - Isolated first from adenoid tissues

Ebola virus - River name in africa

Picorna Virus - containing Picogram of RNA

Polydna Virus - having Poly DNA as genome

Rhabdo virus - Bullet shaped appearance (Gr:Rhabdo=Bullet)

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