RNA virus
Ribonucleic acid microbe
An RNA virus is a virus whose genetic material is RNA rather than DNA.
This category includes influenza, coronaviruses, HIV, and the common cold.
RNA viruses typically mutate rapidly because RNA replication lacks the error-correcting mechanisms of DNA, which is why new flu vaccines are needed each year.
Acute viral respiratory infection
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- hepatitisInflammatory liver condition
- norovirusContagious gastroenteritis pathogen
poliovirus · rabies · Ebola · dengue · measles · Zika · transmission · incubation
Pertaining to RNA
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- codonBase triplet encoding amino
- capsidViral genetic material's casing
polymerase · replication · transcription · sequence · mRNA · tRNA · introns · splicing
Tending to make mistakes
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- reassortmentViral segment exchange
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- selection pressureForce favoring certain traits
variant · strain · mutant · drug resistance · genetic diversity
Capacity to cause disease
- zoonosisAnimal-to-human disease transmission
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- vectorQuantity with direction
tropism · pathogenesis · viremia · latency · reactivation
influenza
Acute viral respiratory infection
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- hepatitisInflammatory liver condition
norovirus · poliovirus · rabies · Ebola · dengue · measles · Zika · transmission · incubation · symptoms
ribonucleic
Pertaining to RNA
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- codonBase triplet encoding amino
capsid · polymerase · replication · transcription · sequence · mRNA · tRNA · introns · splicing · transcriptase
error-prone
Tending to make mistakes
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- reassortmentViral segment exchange
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
selection pressure · variant · strain · mutant · drug resistance · genetic diversity
virulence
Capacity to cause disease
- zoonosisAnimal-to-human disease transmission
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
vector · tropism · pathogenesis · viremia · latency · reactivation
- viral evolutionmutation, variant, strain, viral strain, mutant
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- Virusescoronavirus, adenovirus, herpesvirus, enterovirus, norovirus
- Fluflu, flu shot, flu vaccine, flu season, flu symptoms
- coronavirusescoronavirus, betacoronavirus, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, SARS
virus, viruses, virology, retrovirus, RNA, virologist, retroviruses