Viruses

Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells.

Year introduced: 1963

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Tree Number(s): B04

MeSH Unique ID: D014780

Registry Number: txid10239

Entry Terms:

• Virus
• Animal Viruses
• Animal Virus
• Virus, Animal
• Viruses, Animal
• Zoophaginae

See Also:

• Antiviral Agents
• Genetic Vectors
• Inclusion Bodies, Viral
• Receptors, Virus

All MeSH Categories
Organisms Category
Viruses
Arboviruses
Archaeal Viruses
Fuselloviridae
Guttaviridae
Lipothrixviridae
Myoviridae
Rudiviridae
Siphoviridae
Bacteriophages
Bacillus Phages
Caudovirales +
Coliphages +
Corticoviridae
Inoviridae +
Microviridae +
Mycobacteriophages
Prophages
Pseudomonas Phages +
RNA Phages +
Salmonella Phages +
Staphylococcus Phages
Streptococcus Phages
Tectiviridae +
Defective Viruses
Defective Interfering Viruses
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Sarcoma Viruses, Feline
Sarcoma Viruses, Murine +
Satellite Viruses +
SSPE Virus
DNA Viruses
Adenoviridae +
Anelloviridae +
Ascoviridae
Asfarviridae +
Baculoviridae +
Caudovirales +
Caulimoviridae +
Circoviridae +
DNA Tumor Viruses +
Fuselloviridae
Geminiviridae +
Giant Viruses
Guttaviridae
Hepadnaviridae +
Herpesviridae +
Inoviridae +
Iridoviridae +
Lipothrixviridae
Microviridae +
Mimiviridae
Nanoviridae +
Nimaviridae +
Nudiviridae
Parvoviridae +
Phycodnaviridae
Polydnaviridae
Poxviridae +
Rudiviridae
Tectiviridae
Virophages
Fungal Viruses
Helper Viruses
Hepatitis Viruses
Adenoviruses, Canine
GB virus B
Hepacivirus
Hepadnaviridae +
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Hepatitis E virus
Hepatitis Virus, Duck
Hepatovirus +
Murine hepatitis virus
Insect Viruses
Ascoviridae
Baculoviridae +
Densovirinae +
Dicistroviridae
Entomopoxvirinae
Iridovirus
Nodaviridae
Nudiviridae
Polydnaviridae
Oncogenic Viruses
DNA Tumor Viruses +
Retroviridae +
Oncolytic Viruses
Plant Viruses
Bromoviridae +
Caulimoviridae +
Closteroviridae +
Flexiviridae +
Geminiviridae +
Luteoviridae +
Mosaic Viruses +
Nanoviridae +
Phycodnaviridae
Potyviridae +
Secoviridae +
Sequiviridae +
Tenuivirus
Tombusviridae +
Tospovirus
Tymoviridae +
Proviruses
Reassortant Viruses
RNA Viruses
Double Stranded RNA Viruses +
Encephalitis Viruses +
Negative-Sense RNA Viruses +
Positive-Strand RNA Viruses +
Retroviridae +
Viroids
Viruses, Unclassified
Anelloviridae
Nanovirus
Picobirnavirus