Flavivirus: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Flavivirus (also Japanese Encephalitis Antigenic Complex) is a genus of the family Flaviviridae. This complex includes includes the West Nile virus and several other viruses which cause encephalitis.

Flavivirus share a common size (40-60 nanometres), symmetry (enveloped, icosahedral nucleocapsid), nucleic acid (positive-sense, single stranded RNA approximately 10,000-11,000 bases), and appearance in the electron microscope.

Species

• Genus Flavivirus
  • Tick-borne viruses
    • Mammalian tick-borne virus group
    • Gadget’s Gully virus
    • Kadam virus
    • Kyasanur Forrest disease virus
    • Langat virus
    • Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
    • Tick-borne encephalitis virus
    • Louping ill virus
  • Mosquito-borne viruses
    • Aroa virus group
      • Aroa virus
    • Dengue virus group
      • Dengue viruses 1-4
      • Kedougou virus
      • Japanese encephalitis virus group
      • Cacipacore virus
      • Koutango virus
    • Japanese encephalitis virus
      • Murray Valley encephalitis virus
      • St. Louis encephalitis virus
      • Usutu virus
      • West Nile virus
      • Yaounde virus
    • Kokobera virus group
      • Kokobera virus
    • Ntaya virus group
      • Bagaza virus
      • Ilheus virus
      • Israel turkey meningoencephalomyelitis virus
      • Ntaya virus
      • Tembusu virus
    • Spondweni virus group
      • Zika virus
    • Yellow fever virus group
      • Banzi virus
      • Bouboui virus
      • Edge Hill virus
      • Jugra virus
      • Saboya virus
      • Sepik virus
      • Uganda S virus
      • Wesselsbron virus
      • Yellow fever virus
  • Viruses not caused by arthropod vector
    • Entebbe virus group
      • Entebbe bat virus
      • Yokose virus
    • Modoc virus group
      • Apoi virus
      • Cowbone Ridge virus
      • Jutiapa virus
      • Modoc virus
      • Sal Vieja virus
      • San Perlita virus
    • Rio Bravo virus group
      • Bukalasa bat virus
      • Carey Island virus
      • Dakar bat virus
      • Montana myotis leukoencephalitis virus
      • Phnom Penh bat virus
      • Rio Bravo virus