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Brontok is a computer worm [1] running on Microsoft Windows. It is able to disperse by e-mail. Variants include: The most affected countried were Russia, Vietnam and Brazil, followed by Spain, Mexico, Iran, Azerbaijan, India and the Philippines. [2]
Picornaviruses cause a range of diseases. Enteroviruses of the picornavirus family infect the enteric tract, which is reflected in their name. Rhinoviruses infect primarily the nose and the throat. Enteroviruses replicate at 37 °C, whereas rhinoviruses grow better at 33 °C, as this is the lower temperature of the nose.
Barmah Forest virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus. This disease was named after the Barmah Forest in the northern Victoria region of Australia , where it was first isolated in 1974. [2] [3] It is passed to vertebrate hosts almost exclusively by mosquitoes, [4] the first case in humans being documented in 1986. [5]
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus ( TYLCV) is a DNA virus from the genus Begomovirus and the family Geminiviridae. TYLCV causes the most destructive disease of tomato, and it can be found in tropical and subtropical regions causing severe economic losses. This virus is transmitted by an insect vector from the family Aleyrodidae and order Hemiptera ...
Brome mosaic virus ( BMV) is a small (28 nm, 86S), positive-stranded, icosahedral RNA plant virus belonging to the genus Bromovirus, family Bromoviridae, in the Alphavirus -like superfamily. BMV was first isolated in 1942 from bromegrass ( Bromus inermis ), [2] had its genomic organization determined by the 1970s, and was completely sequenced ...
Respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ), [a] also called human respiratory syncytial virus ( hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. [2] Its name is derived from the large cells known as syncytia that form when infected cells fuse.
Virus classification showing major ranks This is a list of biological virus families and subfamilies. See also Comparison of computer viruses. This is an alphabetical list of biological virus families and subfamilies; it includes those families and subfamilies listed by the ICTV 2020 report. For a list of individual species, see List of virus ...
Tulip breaking virus is one of five plant viruses of the family Potyviridae that cause color-breaking of tulip flowers. These viruses infect plants in only two genera of the family Liliaceae: tulips ( Tulipa) and lilies ( Lilium ). Also known as the tulip break virus, lily streak virus, lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, Tulip breaking virus is ...