Virus Presentation

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.
Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including
bacteria and archaea.

Please use the following topics to describe the viral group you have been assigned:
genome
life cycle/replication
effects on the cell
structure
notable family members
host range
epidemiology
vaccine
antiviral
host range mechanisms
cancer
applications
Life sciences and medicine
Materials science and nanotechnology

The Baltimore classification of viruses is based on the mechanism of mRNA production. Viruses
must generate mRNAs from their genomes to produce proteins and replicate themselves, but
different mechanisms are used to achieve this in each virus family. This classification places
viruses into seven groups:
1. I: dsDNA viruses
A. Herpesviruses
B. (e.g. Adenoviruses, Poxviruses)
2. II: ssDNA viruses (+ strand or "sense") DNA (e.g. Parvoviruses)
3. III: dsRNA viruses (e.g. Reoviruses)
4. IV: (+)ssRNA viruses (+ strand or sense) RNA
A. (Picornaviruses, Nidovirales)
B. (Togaviruses, Flaviviridae)
5. V: ()ssRNA viruses ( strand or antisense) RNA (e.g. Orthomyxoviruses, Rhabdoviruses)
6. VI: ssRNA-RT viruses (+ strand or sense) RNA with DNA intermediate in life-cycle (e.g.
Retroviruses)
7. VII: dsDNA-RT viruses (e.g. Hepadnaviruses)