Viruses

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a vector-borne disease of sheep, cattle and goats which humans are susceptible to. RVFV belongs to the Bunyaviridae family within the genus Phlebovirus . It is an enveloped virus containing a capsid and...

Rinderpest virus (RPV) belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family, genus Morbillivirus; it is closely related to the virus that causes the human disease measles. The virus has a membrane envelope and a nucleocapsid which contains the single-stranded RNA genome. Rinderpest...

Rotaviruses are a group of viruses that can infect a wide range of animals, including chicken, pigs, cattle and humans. They belong to the Reoviridae family, genus Rotavirus of which there are eight species referred to as A,...

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects the lower respiratory tract of humans, causing the cells to merge, forming syncytia (hence the virus name). RSV belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae (which includes viruses such as measles and mumps), genus Pneumovirus ...