flaviviridae

RNA viruses including: - yellow fever virus - dengue virus - St. Louis encephalitis virus - hepatitis C virus - hepatitis G virus - tick-borne encephalitis virus

Specific

dengue virus flavivirus hepatitis C virus hepatitis G virus; GB virus C (GBV-C) Japanese encephalitis virus Murray Valley encephalitis virus pestivirus Rocio virus St. Louis encephalitis virus tick-borne encephalitis virus West Nile virus (WNV) yellow fever virus

Properties

KINGDOM: virus GENOME-TYPE: RNA SINGLE-STRANDED NEGATIVE-STRAND GENOME-SIZE: 10 kB ENVELOPE: PRESENT CAPSID-SYMMETRY: ICOSAHEDRAL

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1066-67