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Orthomyxoviridae
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Orthomyxoviridae [‚ȯr·thə‚mik·sə′vir·ə‚dī]
(virology)
A family of negative-strand ribonucleic acid viruses characterized by enveloped, spherical, pleomorphic virions with a helical nucleocapsid containing a fragmented genome, it includes the genusInfluenzavirus(human influenza type A).


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