Rhabdoviridae
family of viruses
Rhabdoviridae is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales. Vertebrates (including mammals), invertebrates, plants, fungi, and protozoans serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with member viruses include rabies encephalitis caused by the rabies virus, and flu-like symptoms in humans caused by vesiculoviruses. The name is derived from Ancient Greek rhabdos, meaning rod, referring to the shape of the viral particles. The family has 64 genera, most of which are assigned to four subfamilies.
Structure
The individual virus particles (virions) of rhabdoviruses are composed of RNA, protein, carbohydrate, and lipids. They have complex bacilliform or bullet-like shapes. All these viruses have structural similarities and have been classified as a single family.
The virions are about 75 nm wide and 180 nm long. Rhabdoviruses are enveloped and have helical nucleocapsids and their genomes are linear, around 11–15 kb in length.
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