Reoviridae


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Reoviridae

[‚rē·ə′vir·ə‚dī]
(virology)
A family of ribonucleic acid (RNA)-containing viruses characterized by an unenveloped icosahedral virion containing a genome of 10-12 segments (depending on the genus) of double-stranded RNA, hosts include vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Members of the Reoviridae family are double-stranded RNA viruses with only two arboviruses in this family affecting humans--Banna virus and Coltivirus.
Human Arboviruses
Rotavirus (RV), a double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae, is one of the most frequent causes of acute diarrhea in infants and children worldwide [3].
Inhibitory effect of a hot-water extract of leaves of Japanese big-leaf Magnolia (Magnolia obovata) on rotavirus-induced diarrhea in mouse pups
It is caused by bluetongue virus (BTV) of genus Orbivirus and family Reoviridae. The disease, transmitted by Culicoides (biting midges), was first reported in India in 1964 [134].
Advances in diagnosis of respiratory diseases of small ruminants
Segundo esse criterio, a maioria dos arbovirus atualmente registrados encontra-se distribuida dentro de seis familias: Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Togaviridae e Asfaviridae (5).
Arbovirus: important zoonoses in the Brazilian amazon/ Arbovirus: importante zoonose na amazonia Brasileira/ Arbovirus: importante zoonosis en la amazonia brasilena
Los rotavirus, pertenecientes a la familia Reoviridae, son los principales agentes causales de diarrea aguda y deshidratante que afecta a los infantes menores de 5 anos y animales jovenes (Esposito et al., 2011).
Expresion y purificacion de las proteinas estructurales [VP5.sup.*] y [VP8.sup.*] de rotavirus en bacterias E. coli BL21(DE3)
Naked viruses cause diseases such as the common cold (picornaviridae and adenoviridae), warts (papillomaviridae) and rotavirus (reoviridae).
Viruses and pandemics
Los rotavirus (RV), virus con genoma de ARN de doble cadena segmentado, 70 nm de diametro y pertenecientes a la familia Reoviridae, constituyen los agentes etiologicos virales mayormente asociados con diarrea severa en ninos menores de 5 anos.
Agentes patogenos responsables de trastornos gastrointestinales en sujetos infectados con VIH
Rotavirus belongs to the family Reoviridae, subfamily Sedoreovirinae, and its genome consists of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which encode six structural proteins (VP1, VP2, VP3, VP4, VP6, and VP7) and six nonstructural proteins (NSP1-NSP6), with all genes being monocistronic except for segment 11 which encodes two proteins, NSP5 and NSP6 [6].
Molecular characterization of the porcine group a rotavirus NSP2 and NSP5/6 genes from Sao Paulo State, Brazil, in 2011/12
Rotaviruses are members of the Reoviridae family, genus Rotavirus (ICTV, 2009), possessing a non-enveloped particle measuring 80 nm of diameter which contain a genome consisting of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA (ICTV, 2006).
Assessment of enteric viruses in a sewage treatment plant located in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil/Avaliacao de virus entericos em uma estacao de tratamento de esgoto localizada em Porto Alegre, sul do Brasil

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