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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