Virus
reoviridae
Subclass of:
Double Stranded RNA Viruses
Definitions related to reoviridae:
  • A family of double stranded RNA viruses that carry 10-12 unique segments, which encode one to three proteins each. The RNA is surrounded by a three-layered icosahedral protein capsid and the viral particles are not enveloped. Members of this family can be transmitted orofecally, or via infected ticks or mosquitoes.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A family of unenveloped RNA viruses with cubic symmetry. The twelve genera include ORTHOREOVIRUS; ORBIVIRUS; COLTIVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; Aquareovirus, Cypovirus, Phytoreovirus, Fijivirus, Seadornavirus, Idnoreovirus, Mycoreovirus, and Oryzavirus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses; infects vertebrates, invertebrates and plants; genome is linear dsRNA; replication occurs in cytoplasm, causing development of perinuclear virus inclusions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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