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These are tables of the clinically most important [1] viruses. A vast number of viruses cause infectious diseases, but these are the major ones.
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By family
The clinically most notable [1] virus species belong to the following families:
By type
| Type | Family | Transmission[2] | Diseases [2] | Treatment[2] | Prevention[2] | laboratory diagnosis[2] |
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| adenovirus | adenoviridae |
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| Coxsackievirus | Picornaviridae | fecal-oral, droplet contact | Coxsackie infections | None | None | Cell culture, antibody detection |
| Epstein-Barr virus | Herpesviridae | Saliva | None | None |
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| Hepatitis A virus | Picornaviridae | fecal-oral | acute hepatitis | Immunoglobulin (post-exposure prophylaxis) |
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| Hepatitis B virus | Hepadnaviridae |
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| Hepatitis C virus | Flaviviridae |
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None |
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| Herpes simplex virus, type 1 | Herpesviridae | direct contact with saliva and lesions |
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None |
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| Herpes simplex virus, type 2 | Herpesviridae |
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| cytomegalovirus | Herpesviridae |
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None | antibody and nucleic acid detection | |
| Human herpesvirus, type 8 | Herpesviridae |
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many in evaluation-stage | None | Nucleic acid and antibody detection | |
| HIV | Retroviridae |
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AIDS | HAART |
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| Influenza virus | Orthomyxoviridae | droplet contact |
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| measles virus | Paramyxoviridae | droplet contact | None | MMR vaccine | antibody detection | |
| Mumps virus | Paramyxoviridae | droplet contact | Mumps | None | MMR vaccine | antibody detection |
| Human papillomavirus | Papovaviridae | direct contact |
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| Parainfluenza virus | Paramyxoviridae | droplet contact | None | None | Antibody detection | |
| Poliovirus | Picornaviridae | fecal-oral | Poliomyelitis | None | Polio vaccine | Antibody detection |
| Rabies virus | Rhabdoviridae |
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Rabies | Post-exposure prophylaxis | Pre- and postexposure prophylaxis | Histology (postmortem) |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | Paramyxoviridae | droplet contact, hand-to-mouth | (ribavirin) |
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antibody and antigen detection | |
| Rubella virus | Togaviridae | droplet contact | None | MMR vaccine | Antibody detection | |
| Varicella-zoster virus | Herpesviridae | droplet contact | Varicella:
Zoster:
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See also
References
- ^ a b Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Champe, Pamela C.. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-8215-5. Pages 354-366
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Unless else specified in boxes, the ref is: Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Champe, Pamela C.. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-8215-5. Pages 354-366
- ^ Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Champe, Pamela C.. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-8215-5. Page 315
- ^ Gray GC, Goswami PR, Malasig MD, et al. (2000). "Adult adenovirus infections:loss of orphaned vaccines precipitates military respiratory disease epidemics". Clin Infect Dis 31 (3): 663–70. doi:. PMID 11017812.
- ^ a b c d e Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Champe, Pamela C.. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-8215-5. Page 47
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