Category:Polyomaviridae

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Polyomaviridae is a family of viruses. Mammals and birds serve as natural hosts. There are currently 13 species in this family, divided among 1 genera, Polyomavirus (type species Simian virus 40). Diseases associated with this family include: JCPyV: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; BKPyV: mild respiratory infection.^[1]^[2] They are potentially oncogenic (tumor-causing); they often persist as latent infections in a host without causing disease, but may produce tumors in a host of a different species, or a host with an ineffective immune system. The name polyoma refers to the viruses' ability to produce multiple (poly-) tumors (-oma).

References

^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
^ ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 15 June 2015.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

A

Alphapolyomavirus (6 P)

Pages in category "Polyomaviridae"

The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

H

J

K

KI polyomavirus

M

N

New Jersey polyomavirus

S

T

Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus

W

WU polyomavirus

[ViralZone-1] "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[ICTV-2] ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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