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An '''RNA virus''' is a [[virus]] characterized by a ribonucleic acid ([[RNA]]) based [[genome]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=Edward K. |last2=Hewlett |first2=Martinez J. |title=Basic virology |url=https://archive.org/details/basicvirology0000wagn |access-date=30 March 2020 |year=1999 |publisher=Blackwell Science, Inc. |location=Malden, MA |isbn=0-632-04299-0 |page=249 }}</ref> The genome can be [[single-stranded]] RNA ([[ssRNA]]) or double-stranded ([[Double-stranded RNA|dsRNA]]).<ref name = Pattonrnav/> Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include [[influenza]], [[SARS]], [[MERS]], [[COVID-19]], [[Dengue virus]], [[hepatitis C]], [[hepatitis E]], [[West Nile fever]], [[Ebola virus disease]], [[rabies]], [[polio]], [[mumps]], and [[measles]].
An '''RNA virus''' is a [[virus]] characterized by a ribonucleic acid ([[RNA]]) based [[genome]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=Edward K. |last2=Hewlett |first2=Martinez J. |title=Basic virology |url=https://archive.org/details/basicvirology0000wagn |access-date=30 March 2020 |year=1999 |publisher=Blackwell Science, Inc. |location=Malden, MA |isbn=0-632-04299-0 |page=249 }}</ref> The genome can be [[single-stranded]] RNA ([[ssRNA]]) or double-stranded ([[Double-stranded RNA|dsRNA]]).<ref name = Pattonrnav/> Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include [[influenza]], [[SARS]], [[MERS]], [[COVID-19]], [[Dengue virus]], [[hepatitis C]], [[hepatitis E]], [[West Nile fever]], [[Ebola virus disease]], [[rabies]], [[polio]], [[mumps]], and [[measles]].


All known RNA viruses, that is viruses that use a homologous RNA-dependent polymerase for replication, are categorized by the [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]] (ICTV) into the realm ''[[Riboviria]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks |journal=Nature Microbiology |date=May 2020 |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=668–674 |doi=10.1038/s41564-020-0709-x|pmid=32341570 |doi-access=free |author1=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Executive Committee |pmc=7186216 }}</ref> This includes RNA viruses belonging to ''Group III'', ''Group IV'' or ''Group V'' of the [[Virus classification#Baltimore classification|Baltimore classification]] system as well as ''Group VI. Group VI'' viruses are [[retrovirus]]es, viruses with RNA genetic material that use [[DNA]] intermediates in their [[Viral life cycle|life cycle]] including [[HIV-1]] and [[HIV-2]] which cause [[AIDS]].
All RNA viruses use a homologous RNA-dependent polymerase for replication and are categorized by the [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]] (ICTV) into the realm ''[[Riboviria]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks |journal=Nature Microbiology |date=May 2020 |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=668–674 |doi=10.1038/s41564-020-0709-x|pmid=32341570 |doi-access=free |author1=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Executive Committee |pmc=7186216 }}</ref> This includes viruses belonging to ''Group III'', ''Group IV'', ''Group V'', and ''Group VI'' of the [[Virus classification#Baltimore classification|Baltimore classification]] system. Group VI comprises the [[retrovirus]]es, which have RNA genetic material but use [[DNA]] intermediates in their [[Viral life cycle|life cycle]]. ''Riboviria'' does not include [[viroid]]s and [[Satellite (biology)|satellite nucleic acid]]s: ''[[Deltavirus]]'', ''[[Avsunviroidae]]'', and ''[[Pospiviroidae]]'' are taxa that were mistakenly included in 2019,{{efn|1=This inclusion was due to a clerical error in TaxoProp [https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201907095 2017.006G], which proposed ''Riboviria''.}} but this was corrected in 2020.<ref>TaxoProp [https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201905347 2019.009G]</ref>
 
The majority of such RNA viruses fall into the kingdom ''[[Orthornavirae]]'' and the rest have a positioning [[Incertae sedis|not yet defined]].<ref name=ortho>TaxoProp [https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201907198 2019.006G]</ref> The realm does not contain all RNA viruses: ''[[Deltavirus]]'', ''[[Avsunviroidae]]'', and ''[[Pospiviroidae]]'' are taxa of RNA viruses that were mistakenly included in 2019,{{efn|1=This inclusion was due to TaxoProp [https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201907095 2017.006G], which proposed ''Riboviria''. The confusion might be due to the TaxoProp's reference to a "monophyly of all RNA viruses", improperly termed as it was only demonstrated with RdRP. On the other hand, the proposed definition of ''Riboviria'' did correctly mention RdRP
.}} but corrected in 2020.<ref>TaxoProp [https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=201905347 2019.009G]</ref>


==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==


===Single-stranded RNA viruses and RNA Sense===
===Single-stranded RNA viruses and RNA Sense===
RNA viruses can be further classified according to the sense or polarity of their RNA into [[Negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus|negative-sense]] and [[Positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus|positive-sense]], or ambisense RNA viruses. Positive-sense viral RNA is similar to [[mRNA]] and thus can be immediately [[translation (genetics)|translated]] by the host cell. Negative-sense viral RNA is complementary to mRNA and thus must be converted to positive-sense RNA by an [[RNA-dependent RNA polymerase]] before translation. Purified RNA of a positive-sense virus can directly cause infection though it may be less infectious than the whole virus particle. In contrast, purified RNA of a negative-sense virus is not infectious by itself as it needs to be [[Transcription (genetics)|transcribed]] into positive-sense RNA; each [[virion]] can be transcribed to several positive-sense RNAs. [[Ambisense]] RNA viruses resemble negative-sense RNA viruses, except they translate genes from their negative and positive strands.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nguyen M, Haenni AL | title = Expression strategies of ambisense viruses | journal = Virus Research | volume = 93 | issue = 2 | pages = 141–50 | date = June 2003 | pmid = 12782362 | doi = 10.1016/S0168-1702(03)00094-7 }}</ref>
RNA viruses can be further classified according to the sense or polarity of their RNA into [[Negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus|negative-sense]] and [[Positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus|positive-sense]], or [[ambisense]] RNA viruses. Positive-sense viral RNA is similar to [[mRNA]] and thus can be immediately [[translation (genetics)|translated]] by the host cell. Negative-sense viral RNA is complementary to mRNA and thus must be converted to positive-sense RNA by an [[RNA-dependent RNA polymerase]] before translation. Purified RNA of a positive-sense virus can directly cause infection though it may be less infectious than the whole virus particle. In contrast, purified RNA of a negative-sense virus is not infectious by itself as it needs to be [[Transcription (genetics)|transcribed]] into positive-sense RNA; each [[virion]] can be transcribed to several positive-sense RNAs. Ambisense RNA viruses resemble negative-sense RNA viruses, except they translate genes from their negative and positive strands.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nguyen M, Haenni AL | title = Expression strategies of ambisense viruses | journal = Virus Research | volume = 93 | issue = 2 | pages = 141–50 | date = June 2003 | pmid = 12782362 | doi = 10.1016/S0168-1702(03)00094-7 }}</ref>


===Double-stranded RNA viruses===
===Double-stranded RNA viruses===
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===Sequence complexity===
===Sequence complexity===
On average, dsRNA viruses show a lower sequence redundancy relative to ssRNA viruses. Contrarily, dsDNA viruses contain the most redundant genome sequences while ssDNA viruses have the least.<ref name=landscape/> The sequence complexity of viruses has been shown to be a key characteristic for accurate reference-free viral classification.<ref name=landscape>{{cite journal |vauthors=Silva JM, Pratas D, Caetano T, Matos D |date=August 2022 |title=The complexity landscape of viral genomes |journal=GigaScience |volume=11 |pages=1–16| doi=10.1093/gigascience/giac079|pmid=35950839|pmc=9366995 }}</ref>
On average, dsRNA viruses show a lower sequence redundancy relative to ssRNA viruses. Contrarily, dsDNA viruses contain the most redundant genome sequences while ssDNA viruses have the least.<ref name=landscape/> The sequence complexity of viruses has been shown to be a key characteristic for accurate reference-free viral classification.<ref name=landscape>{{cite journal |vauthors=Silva JM, Pratas D, Caetano T, Matos D |date=August 2022 |title=The complexity landscape of viral genomes |journal=GigaScience |volume=11 |pages=1–16|article-number=giac079 | doi=10.1093/gigascience/giac079|pmid=35950839|pmc=9366995 }}</ref>


==Replication==
==Replication==
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* Positive-sense ssRNA viruses (Group IV) have their genome directly utilized as mRNA, with host [[ribosomes]] [[Translation (biology)|translating]] it into a single protein that is modified by host and viral proteins to form the various proteins needed for replication. One of these includes RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNA replicase), which copies the viral RNA to form a double-stranded replicative form.  In turn, this dsRNA directs the formation of new viral RNA.
* Positive-sense ssRNA viruses (Group IV) have their genome directly utilized as mRNA, with host [[ribosomes]] [[Translation (biology)|translating]] it into a single protein that is modified by host and viral proteins to form the various proteins needed for replication. One of these includes RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNA replicase), which copies the viral RNA to form a double-stranded replicative form.  In turn, this dsRNA directs the formation of new viral RNA.
* Negative-sense ssRNA viruses (Group V) must have their genome copied by an RNA replicase to form positive-sense RNA. This means that the virus must bring along with it the enzyme RNA replicase. The positive-sense RNA molecule then acts as viral mRNA, which is translated into proteins by the host ribosomes.
* Negative-sense ssRNA viruses (Group V) must have their genome copied by an RNA replicase to form positive-sense RNA. This means that the virus must bring along with it the enzyme RNA replicase. The positive-sense RNA molecule then acts as viral mRNA, which is translated into proteins by the host ribosomes.
 
*[[Retrovirus]]es (Group VI) have a single-stranded RNA genome but use DNA intermediates to replicate. [[Reverse transcriptase]], a viral enzyme that comes from the virus itself after it is uncoated, converts the viral RNA into a complementary strand of DNA, which is copied to produce a double-stranded molecule of viral DNA. After this DNA is integrated into the host genome using the viral enzyme [[integrase]], expression of the encoded genes may lead to the formation of new virions.
[[Retrovirus]]es (Group VI) have a single-stranded RNA genome but, in general, are not considered RNA viruses because they use DNA intermediates to replicate. [[Reverse transcriptase]], a viral enzyme that comes from the virus itself after it is uncoated, converts the viral RNA into a complementary strand of DNA, which is copied to produce a double-stranded molecule of viral DNA. After this DNA is integrated into the host genome using the viral enzyme [[integrase]], expression of the encoded genes may lead to the formation of new virions.


==Recombination==
==Recombination==
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Classification is based principally on the type of genome (double-stranded, negative- or positive-single-strand) and gene number and organization. Currently, there are 5 orders and 47 families of RNA viruses recognized. There are also many unassigned species and genera.
Classification is based principally on the type of genome (double-stranded, negative- or positive-single-strand) and gene number and organization. Currently, there are 5 orders and 47 families of RNA viruses recognized. There are also many unassigned species and genera.


Related to but distinct from the RNA viruses are the [[viroid]]s and the [[Satellite (biology)|RNA satellite viruses]]. These are not currently classified as RNA viruses and are described on their own pages.
Related to but distinct from the RNA viruses are the [[viroid]]s and the [[Satellite (biology)|RNA satellite nucleic acid]]s. These are not currently classified as RNA viruses and are described on their own pages.
 
A study of several thousand RNA viruses has shown the presence of at least five main taxa: a levivirus and relatives group; a picornavirus supergroup; an alphavirus supergroup plus a flavivirus supergroup; the dsRNA viruses; and the -ve strand viruses.<ref name=Wolf2018>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolf YI, Kazlauskas D, Iranzo J, Lucía-Sanz A, Kuhn JH, Krupovic M, Dolja VV, Koonin EV | title = Origins and Evolution of the Global RNA Virome | journal = mBio | volume = 9 | issue = 6 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 30482837 | pmc = 6282212 | doi = 10.1128/mBio.02329-18 }}</ref> The [[lentivirus]] group appears to be basal to all the remaining RNA viruses. The next major division lies between the picornasupragroup and the remaining viruses. The dsRNA viruses appear to have evolved from a +ve RNA ancestor and the -ve RNA viruses from within the dsRNA viruses. The closest relation to the -ve stranded RNA viruses is the [[Reoviridae]].


===[[Positive-strand RNA virus|Positive-strand RNA viruses]]===
A study of several thousand RNA viruses has shown the presence of at least five main taxa: a levivirus and relatives group; a picornavirus supergroup; an alphavirus supergroup plus a flavivirus supergroup; the dsRNA viruses; and the -ve strand viruses.<ref name=Wolf2018>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolf YI, Kazlauskas D, Iranzo J, Lucía-Sanz A, Kuhn JH, Krupovic M, Dolja VV, Koonin EV | title = Origins and Evolution of the Global RNA Virome | journal = mBio | volume = 9 | issue = 6 | date = November 2018 | article-number = e02329-18 | pmid = 30482837 | pmc = 6282212 | doi = 10.1128/mBio.02329-18 }}</ref> The [[lentivirus]] group appears to be basal to all the remaining RNA viruses. The next major division lies between the picornasupragroup and the remaining viruses. The dsRNA viruses appear to have evolved from a +ve RNA ancestor and the -ve RNA viruses from within the dsRNA viruses. The closest relation to the -ve stranded RNA viruses is the [[Reoviridae]].


===Positive-strand RNA viruses===
{{Main article|Positive-strand RNA virus}}
This is the single largest group of RNA viruses<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Francki RI, Fauquet CM, Knudson DL, Brown F |title=Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Fifth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Archives of Virology (Suppl. 2)|date=1991|publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-7091-9163-7 }}</ref> and has been organized by the [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses|ICTV]] into the phyla ''[[Kitrinoviricota]]'', ''[[Lenarviricota]]'', and ''[[Pisuviricota]]'' in the kingdom ''[[Orthornavirae]]'' and [[Realm (virology)|realm]] ''[[Riboviria]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current ICTV Taxonomy Release {{!}} ICTV |url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=ictv.global}}</ref>  
This is the single largest group of RNA viruses<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Francki RI, Fauquet CM, Knudson DL, Brown F |title=Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Fifth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Archives of Virology (Suppl. 2)|date=1991|publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-7091-9163-7 }}</ref> and has been organized by the [[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses|ICTV]] into the phyla ''[[Kitrinoviricota]]'', ''[[Lenarviricota]]'', and ''[[Pisuviricota]]'' in the kingdom ''[[Orthornavirae]]'' and [[Realm (virology)|realm]] ''[[Riboviria]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current ICTV Taxonomy Release {{!}} ICTV |url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=ictv.global}}</ref>  


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One study has suggested that there are two large clades: One includes the families ''Caliciviridae'', ''Flaviviridae'', and ''Picornaviridae'' and a second that includes the families ''Alphatetraviridae'', ''Birnaviridae'', ''Cystoviridae'', ''Nodaviridae'', and ''Permutotretraviridae''.<ref name=Gibrat2013>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gibrat JF, Mariadassou M, Boudinot P, Delmas B | title = Analyses of the radiation of birnaviruses from diverse host phyla and of their evolutionary affinities with other double-stranded RNA and positive strand RNA viruses using robust structure-based multiple sequence alignments and advanced phylogenetic methods | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 13 | pages = 154 | date = July 2013 | issue = 1 | pmid = 23865988 | pmc = 3724706 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-13-154 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2013BMCEE..13..154G }}</ref>
One study has suggested that there are two large clades: One includes the families ''Caliciviridae'', ''Flaviviridae'', and ''Picornaviridae'' and a second that includes the families ''Alphatetraviridae'', ''Birnaviridae'', ''Cystoviridae'', ''Nodaviridae'', and ''Permutotretraviridae''.<ref name=Gibrat2013>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gibrat JF, Mariadassou M, Boudinot P, Delmas B | title = Analyses of the radiation of birnaviruses from diverse host phyla and of their evolutionary affinities with other double-stranded RNA and positive strand RNA viruses using robust structure-based multiple sequence alignments and advanced phylogenetic methods | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 13 | pages = 154 | date = July 2013 | issue = 1 | pmid = 23865988 | pmc = 3724706 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-13-154 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2013BMCEE..13..154G }}</ref>


===Negative strand RNA viruses===
===Negative-strand RNA viruses===
{{Main article|Negative-strand RNA virus}}
{{Main article|Negative-strand RNA virus}}
These viruses have multiple types of genome ranging from a single RNA molecule up to eight segments. Despite their diversity it appears that they may have originated in [[arthropod]]s and to have diversified from there.<ref name=v2015>{{cite journal | vauthors = Li CX, Shi M, Tian JH, Lin XD, Kang YJ, Chen LJ, Qin XC, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ | display-authors = 6 | title = Unprecedented genomic diversity of RNA viruses in arthropods reveals the ancestry of negative-sense RNA viruses | journal = eLife | volume = 4 | date = January 2015 | pmid = 25633976 | pmc = 4384744 | doi = 10.7554/eLife.05378 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
These viruses have multiple types of genome ranging from a single RNA molecule up to eight segments. Despite their diversity it appears that they may have originated in [[arthropod]]s and to have diversified from there.<ref name=v2015>{{cite journal | vauthors = Li CX, Shi M, Tian JH, Lin XD, Kang YJ, Chen LJ, Qin XC, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ | display-authors = 6 | title = Unprecedented genomic diversity of RNA viruses in arthropods reveals the ancestry of negative-sense RNA viruses | journal = eLife | volume = 4 | date = January 2015 | article-number = e05378 | pmid = 25633976 | pmc = 4384744 | doi = 10.7554/eLife.05378 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


===Satellite viruses===
===Satellite viruses===
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==Group V&nbsp;– negative-sense ssRNA viruses==
==Group V&nbsp;– negative-sense ssRNA viruses==
{{main|Negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus}}
{{main|Negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus}}
This group of viruses has been placed into a single phylum—[[Negarnaviricota]]. This phylum has been divided into two subphyla—[[Haploviricotina]] and [[Polyploviricotina]]. Within the subphylum Haploviricotina four classes are currently recognised: [[Chunqiuviricetes]], [[Milneviricetes]], [[Monjiviricetes]] and [[Yunchangviricetes]]. In the subphylum Polyploviricotina two classes are recognised: [[Ellioviricetes]] and [[Insthoviricetes]].


With the exception of the [[Hepatitis D virus]], this group of viruses has been placed into a single phylum—[[Negarnaviricota]]. This phylum has been divided into two subphyla—[[Haploviricotina]] and [[Polyploviricotina]]. Within the subphylum Haploviricotina four classes are currently recognised: [[Chunqiuviricetes]], [[Milneviricetes]], [[Monjiviricetes]] and [[Yunchangviricetes]]. In the subphylum Polyploviricotina two classes are recognised: [[Ellioviricetes]] and [[Insthoviricetes]].
Six classes, eight orders, and thirty families are currently recognized in this group. A number of unassigned species and genera are yet to be classified.<ref name="Klein"/>
 
* Realm ''[[Riboviria]]''
Six classes, seven orders and twenty four families are currently recognized in this group. A number of unassigned species and genera are yet to be classified.<ref name="Klein"/>
** Kingdom ''[[Orthornavirae]]''
* Phylum ''[[Negarnaviricota]]''<ref name=ictv>{{cite web|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy|title=Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release|access-date=2018-11-13|publisher=[[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]]}}</ref>
*** Phylum ''[[Negarnaviricota]]''<ref name=ictv>{{cite web|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy|title=Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release|access-date=2018-11-13|publisher=[[International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]]}}</ref>
** Subphylum ''[[Haploviricotina]]''
**** Subphylum ''[[Haploviricotina]]''
*** Class ''[[Chunqiuviricetes]]''
***** Class ''[[Chunqiuviricetes]]''
**** Order ''[[Muvirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Muvirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Qinviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Qinviridae]]''
*** Class ''[[Milneviricetes]]''
***** Class ''[[Milneviricetes]]''
**** Order ''[[Serpentovirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Serpentovirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Aspiviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Aspiviridae]]''
*** Class ''[[Monjiviricetes]]''
***** Class ''[[Monjiviricetes]]''
**** Order ''[[Jingchuvirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Jingchuvirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Chuviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Chuviridae]]''
**** Order ''[[Mononegavirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Mononegavirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Borna disease|Bornaviridae]]'' – [[Borna disease virus]]
******* Family ''[[Borna disease|Bornaviridae]]'' – [[Borna disease virus]]
***** Family ''[[Filoviridae]]'' – includes [[Ebola]] virus, [[Marburg virus]]
******* Family ''[[Filoviridae]]'' – includes [[Ebola]] virus, [[Marburg virus]]
***** Family ''[[Mymonaviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Mymonaviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Nyamiviridae]]''<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mihindukulasuriya KA, Nguyen NL, Wu G, Huang HV, da Rosa AP, Popov VL, Tesh RB, Wang D | display-authors = 6 | title = Nyamanini and midway viruses define a novel taxon of RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales | journal = Journal of Virology | volume = 83 | issue = 10 | pages = 5109–16 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19279111 | pmc = 2682064 | doi = 10.1128/JVI.02667-08 }}</ref>
******* Family ''[[Nyamiviridae]]''<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mihindukulasuriya KA, Nguyen NL, Wu G, Huang HV, da Rosa AP, Popov VL, Tesh RB, Wang D | display-authors = 6 | title = Nyamanini and midway viruses define a novel taxon of RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales | journal = Journal of Virology | volume = 83 | issue = 10 | pages = 5109–16 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19279111 | pmc = 2682064 | doi = 10.1128/JVI.02667-08 }}</ref>
***** Family ''[[Paramyxoviridae]]'' – includes [[Measles]] virus, [[Mumps virus]], [[Nipah virus]], [[Hendra virus]], and [[Newcastle disease|NDV]]
******* Family ''[[Paramyxoviridae]]'' – includes [[Measles]] virus, [[Mumps virus]], [[Nipah virus]], [[Hendra virus]], and [[Newcastle disease|NDV]]
***** Family ''[[Pneumoviridae]]'' – includes [[Human respiratory syncytial virus|RSV]] and [[Metapneumovirus]]
******* Family ''[[Pneumoviridae]]'' – includes [[Human respiratory syncytial virus|RSV]] and [[Metapneumovirus]]
***** Family ''[[Rhabdoviridae]]'' – includes [[Rabies]] virus
******* Family ''[[Rhabdoviridae]]'' – includes [[Rabies]] virus
***** Family ''[[Sunviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Sunviridae]]''
***** Genus [[Anphevirus]]
******** Genus [[Anphevirus]]
***** Genus [[Arlivirus]]
******** Genus [[Arlivirus]]
***** Genus [[Chengtivirus]]
******** Genus [[Chengtivirus]]
***** Genus [[Crustavirus]]
******** Genus [[Crustavirus]]
***** Genus [[Wastrivirus]]
******** Genus [[Wastrivirus]]
*** Class ''[[Yunchangviricetes]]''
***** Class ''[[Yunchangviricetes]]''
**** Order ''[[Goujianvirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Goujianvirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Yueviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Yueviridae]]''
** Subphylum ''[[Polyploviricotina]]''
**** Subphylum ''[[Polyploviricotina]]''
*** Class ''[[Ellioviricetes]]''
***** Class ''[[Bunyaviricetes]]''
**** Order ''[[Bunyavirales]]''
****** Order ''[[Elliovirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Arenaviridae]]'' – includes [[Lassa virus]]
******* Family ''[[Cruliviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Cruliviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Fimoviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Feraviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Hantaviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Fimoviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Peribunyaviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Hantaviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Phasmaviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Jonviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Tospoviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Nairoviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Tulasviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Peribunyaviridae]]''
****** Order ''[[Hareavirales]]''
***** Family ''[[Phasmaviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Arenaviridae]]'' – includes [[Lassa virus]]
***** Family ''[[Phenuiviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Discoviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Tospoviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Konkoviridae]]''
***** Genus ''[[Tilapineviridae]]''
******* Family ''[[Leishbuviridae]]''
*** Class ''[[Insthoviricetes]]''
******* Family ''[[Mypoviridae]]''
**** Order ''[[Articulavirales]]''
******* Family ''[[Nairoviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Amnoonviridae]]''&nbsp;– includes [[Taastrup virus]]
******* Family ''[[Phenuiviridae]]''
***** Family ''[[Orthomyxoviridae]]''&nbsp;– includes [[Influenza]] viruses
******* Family ''[[Tosoviridae]]''
* Unassigned genera:
******* Family ''[[Wupedeviridae]]''
** Genus ''[[Deltavirus]]'' – includes [[Hepatitis D]] virus (not a true virus, but a [[subviral agent]])
***** Class ''[[Insthoviricetes]]''
****** Order ''[[Articulavirales]]''
******* Family ''[[Amnoonviridae]]''&nbsp;– includes [[Taastrup virus]]
******* Family ''[[Orthomyxoviridae]]''&nbsp;– includes [[Influenza]] viruses


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* [http://www.horizonpress.com/gateway/animal-viruses.html Animal viruses]
* [http://www.horizonpress.com/gateway/animal-viruses.html Animal viruses]


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Taxonomy and replication strategies of different types of RNA viruses

An RNA virus is a virus characterized by a ribonucleic acid (RNA) based genome.[1] The genome can be single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) or double-stranded (dsRNA).[2] Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include influenza, SARS, MERS, COVID-19, Dengue virus, hepatitis C, hepatitis E, West Nile fever, Ebola virus disease, rabies, polio, mumps, and measles.

All RNA viruses use a homologous RNA-dependent polymerase for replication and are categorized by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) into the realm Riboviria.[3] This includes viruses belonging to Group III, Group IV, Group V, and Group VI of the Baltimore classification system. Group VI comprises the retroviruses, which have RNA genetic material but use DNA intermediates in their life cycle. Riboviria does not include viroids and satellite nucleic acids: Deltavirus, Avsunviroidae, and Pospiviroidae are taxa that were mistakenly included in 2019,Template:Efn but this was corrected in 2020.[4]

Characteristics

Single-stranded RNA viruses and RNA Sense

RNA viruses can be further classified according to the sense or polarity of their RNA into negative-sense and positive-sense, or ambisense RNA viruses. Positive-sense viral RNA is similar to mRNA and thus can be immediately translated by the host cell. Negative-sense viral RNA is complementary to mRNA and thus must be converted to positive-sense RNA by an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase before translation. Purified RNA of a positive-sense virus can directly cause infection though it may be less infectious than the whole virus particle. In contrast, purified RNA of a negative-sense virus is not infectious by itself as it needs to be transcribed into positive-sense RNA; each virion can be transcribed to several positive-sense RNAs. Ambisense RNA viruses resemble negative-sense RNA viruses, except they translate genes from their negative and positive strands.[5]

Double-stranded RNA viruses

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Structure of the reovirus virion

The double-stranded (ds)RNA viruses represent a diverse group of viruses that vary widely in host range (humans, animals, plants, fungi,Template:Efn and bacteria), genome segment number (one to twelve), and virion organization (Triangulation number, capsid layers, spikes, turrets, etc.). Members of this group include the rotaviruses, which are the most common cause of gastroenteritis in young children, and picobirnaviruses, which are the most common virus in fecal samples of both humans and animals with or without signs of diarrhea. Bluetongue virus is an economically important pathogen that infects cattle and sheep. In recent years, progress has been made in determining atomic and subnanometer resolution structures of a number of key viral proteins and virion capsids of several dsRNA viruses, highlighting the significant parallels in the structure and replicative processes of many of these viruses.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Mutation rates

RNA viruses generally have very high mutation rates compared to DNA viruses,[6] because viral RNA polymerases lack the proofreading ability of DNA polymerases.[7] The genetic diversity of RNA viruses is one reason why it is difficult to make effective vaccines against them.[8] Retroviruses also have a high mutation rate even though their DNA intermediate integrates into the host genome (and is thus subject to host DNA proofreading once integrated), because errors during reverse transcription are embedded into both strands of DNA before integration.[9] Some genes of RNA virus are important to the viral replication cycles and mutations are not tolerated. For example, the region of the hepatitis C virus genome that encodes the core protein is highly conserved,[10] because it contains an RNA structure involved in an internal ribosome entry site.[11]

Sequence complexity

On average, dsRNA viruses show a lower sequence redundancy relative to ssRNA viruses. Contrarily, dsDNA viruses contain the most redundant genome sequences while ssDNA viruses have the least.[12] The sequence complexity of viruses has been shown to be a key characteristic for accurate reference-free viral classification.[12]

Replication

There are three distinct groups of RNA viruses depending on their genome and mode of replication:

  • Double-stranded RNA viruses (Group III) contain from one to a dozen different RNA molecules, each coding for one or more viral proteins.
  • Positive-sense ssRNA viruses (Group IV) have their genome directly utilized as mRNA, with host ribosomes translating it into a single protein that is modified by host and viral proteins to form the various proteins needed for replication. One of these includes RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNA replicase), which copies the viral RNA to form a double-stranded replicative form. In turn, this dsRNA directs the formation of new viral RNA.
  • Negative-sense ssRNA viruses (Group V) must have their genome copied by an RNA replicase to form positive-sense RNA. This means that the virus must bring along with it the enzyme RNA replicase. The positive-sense RNA molecule then acts as viral mRNA, which is translated into proteins by the host ribosomes.
  • Retroviruses (Group VI) have a single-stranded RNA genome but use DNA intermediates to replicate. Reverse transcriptase, a viral enzyme that comes from the virus itself after it is uncoated, converts the viral RNA into a complementary strand of DNA, which is copied to produce a double-stranded molecule of viral DNA. After this DNA is integrated into the host genome using the viral enzyme integrase, expression of the encoded genes may lead to the formation of new virions.

Recombination

Numerous RNA viruses are capable of genetic recombination when at least two viral genomes are present in the same host cell.[13] Very rarely viral RNA can recombine with host RNA.[14] RNA recombination appears to be a major driving force in determining genome architecture and the course of viral evolution among Picornaviridae ((+)ssRNA), e.g. poliovirus.[15] In the Retroviridae ((+)ssRNA), e.g. HIV, damage in the RNA genome appears to be avoided during reverse transcription by strand switching, a form of recombination.[16][17][18] Recombination also occurs in the Reoviridae (dsRNA), e.g. reovirus; Orthomyxoviridae ((-)ssRNA), e.g. influenza virus;[18] and Coronaviridae ((+)ssRNA), e.g. SARS.[19] Recombination in RNA viruses appears to be an adaptation for coping with genome damage.[13] Recombination can occur infrequently between animal viruses of the same species but of divergent lineages. The resulting recombinant viruses may sometimes cause an outbreak of infection in humans.[19]

Classification

Template:Cleanup section Classification is based principally on the type of genome (double-stranded, negative- or positive-single-strand) and gene number and organization. Currently, there are 5 orders and 47 families of RNA viruses recognized. There are also many unassigned species and genera.

Related to but distinct from the RNA viruses are the viroids and the RNA satellite nucleic acids. These are not currently classified as RNA viruses and are described on their own pages.

A study of several thousand RNA viruses has shown the presence of at least five main taxa: a levivirus and relatives group; a picornavirus supergroup; an alphavirus supergroup plus a flavivirus supergroup; the dsRNA viruses; and the -ve strand viruses.[20] The lentivirus group appears to be basal to all the remaining RNA viruses. The next major division lies between the picornasupragroup and the remaining viruses. The dsRNA viruses appear to have evolved from a +ve RNA ancestor and the -ve RNA viruses from within the dsRNA viruses. The closest relation to the -ve stranded RNA viruses is the Reoviridae.

Positive-strand RNA viruses

Template:Main article This is the single largest group of RNA viruses[21] and has been organized by the ICTV into the phyla Kitrinoviricota, Lenarviricota, and Pisuviricota in the kingdom Orthornavirae and realm Riboviria.[22]

Positive-strand RNA viruses can also be classified based on the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Three groups have been recognised:[23]

  1. Bymoviruses, comoviruses, nepoviruses, nodaviruses, picornaviruses, potyviruses, sobemoviruses and a subset of luteoviruses (beet western yellows virus and potato leafroll virus)—the picorna like group (Picornavirata).
  2. Carmoviruses, dianthoviruses, flaviviruses, pestiviruses, statoviruses, tombusviruses, single-stranded RNA bacteriophages, hepatitis C virus and a subset of luteoviruses (barley yellow dwarf virus)—the flavi like group (Flavivirata).
  3. Alphaviruses, carlaviruses, furoviruses, hordeiviruses, potexviruses, rubiviruses, tobraviruses, tricornaviruses, tymoviruses, apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, beet yellows virus and hepatitis E virus—the alpha like group (Rubivirata).

A division of the alpha-like (Sindbis-like) supergroup on the basis of a novel domain located near the N termini of the proteins involved in viral replication has been proposed.[24] The two groups proposed are: the 'altovirus' group (alphaviruses, furoviruses, hepatitis E virus, hordeiviruses, tobamoviruses, tobraviruses, tricornaviruses and probably rubiviruses); and the 'typovirus' group (apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, carlaviruses, potexviruses and tymoviruses).

The alpha like supergroup can be further divided into three clades: the rubi-like, tobamo-like, and tymo-like viruses.[25]

Additional work has identified five groups of positive-stranded RNA viruses containing four, three, three, three, and one order(s), respectively.[26] These fourteen orders contain 31 virus families (including 17 families of plant viruses) and 48 genera (including 30 genera of plant viruses). This analysis suggests that alphaviruses and flaviviruses can be separated into two families—the Togaviridae and Flaviridae, respectively—but suggests that other taxonomic assignments, such as the pestiviruses, hepatitis C virus, rubiviruses, hepatitis E virus, and arteriviruses, may be incorrect. The coronaviruses and toroviruses appear to be distinct families in distinct orders and not distinct genera of the same family as currently classified. The luteoviruses appear to be two families rather than one, and apple chlorotic leaf spot virus appears not to be a closterovirus but a new genus of the Potexviridae.

Evolution

The evolution of the picornaviruses based on an analysis of their RNA polymerases and helicases appears to date to the divergence of eukaryotes.[27] Their putative ancestors include the bacterial group II retroelements, the family of HtrA proteases and DNA bacteriophages.

Partitiviruses are related to and may have evolved from a totivirus ancestor.[28]

Hypoviruses and barnaviruses appear to share an ancestry with the potyvirus and sobemovirus lineages respectively.[28]

Double-stranded RNA viruses

This analysis also suggests that the dsRNA viruses are not closely related to each other but instead belong to four additional classes—Birnaviridae, Cystoviridae, Partitiviridae, and Reoviridae—and one additional order (Totiviridae) of one of the classes of positive ssRNA viruses in the same subphylum as the positive-strand RNA viruses.

One study has suggested that there are two large clades: One includes the families Caliciviridae, Flaviviridae, and Picornaviridae and a second that includes the families Alphatetraviridae, Birnaviridae, Cystoviridae, Nodaviridae, and Permutotretraviridae.[29]

Negative-strand RNA viruses

Template:Main article These viruses have multiple types of genome ranging from a single RNA molecule up to eight segments. Despite their diversity it appears that they may have originated in arthropods and to have diversified from there.[30]

Satellite viruses

A number of satellite viruses—viruses that require the assistance of another virus to complete their life cycle—are also known. Their taxonomy has yet to be settled. The following four genera have been proposed for positive sense single stranded RNA satellite viruses that infect plants—Albetovirus, Aumaivirus, Papanivirus and Virtovirus.[31] A family—Sarthroviridae which includes the genus Macronovirus—has been proposed for the positive sense single stranded RNA satellite viruses that infect arthropods.

Group III – dsRNA viruses

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Group IV – positive-sense ssRNA viruses

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Satellite viruses

An unclassified astrovirus/hepevirus-like virus has also been described.[33]

Group V – negative-sense ssRNA viruses

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Six classes, eight orders, and thirty families are currently recognized in this group. A number of unassigned species and genera are yet to be classified.[7]

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See also

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Notes

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References

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