VIRUS
CLASSIFICATION OF
VIRUSES
VIRUSES OF VET IMP.
Pressented To . DR. Khalil SB.
VIROLOGY DEPART.
Riphah college of veterniary sciences lahore
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Content
1. 1.Naming of viruses
2. 2.Classification of virus – ICTV
3. 3.LHT System of Virus Classification
4. 4.Baltimore Classification – 7 classes
5. 5.Holmes classification
6. SUB VIRAL PARTICLE
1. 7. VIRUSES OF VET IMP.
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Reasons beyond classification
 Classification of virus been determined by
the structural and chemical composition of
virus
 Are apply to all plant viruses, animal viruses
and bacterial viruses
 Virus is acellular cell – cannot be
categorised using taxonomic classification
 It used International Committee on
Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) to classify the
viruses 4
What are viruses ?
Nucleic acid contained
within a protective
protein coat
Infect bacteria, plants,
animals (inc humans)
Differences from bacteria
• viruses CANNOT
replicate outwith a
cellular environment
• viruses ARE NOT
affected by antibiotics
Submicroscopic
particles
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1. genome
± 3. envelope
2. capsid
Virion (virus particle) structure
nucleocapsid
• A virion is the
extracellular form of a
virus and contains either
an RNA or a DNA
genome The virus
genome is introduced into
a new host cell by
infection. The virus
redirects the host
metabolism to support
virus replication.
Classification
 Viruses are not classified as members of the kingdoms
 Do not obey the biological taxonomy
 Generally based on:
1. Classical - eg. animal, plant, bacterial virus
system - eg. naked or enveloped virus
2. Genomic - Baltimore classification
3. Serology - classification based on Diagnostic virology
- eg. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) of chickens
(a coronavirus) – 3 different types present, these types have
significant antigenic differences, but perhaps very little genetic or
biological difference between these viruses.
Size of Viruses
 Ranges of sizes
 20 nm to 500 nm (spherical)
 12 nm to 300-2000 nm (rod like)
 Easily observed with electron microscope
 Ex.1 Mimivirus is 500 nm
 Infects algae
 Ex.2 Parvovirus is 20 nm in diameter
 Infects algae
 Viral genomes range in size 2,000 bp to 1,200,000 bp
How are viruses named?
 Based on:
- the disease they cause
poliovirus, rabies virus
- the type of disease
murine leukemia virus
- geographic locations
Sendai virus, Coxsackie virus
- their discovers
Epstein-Barr virus
- how they were originally thought to be contracted
dengue virus (“evil spirit”), influenza virus (the “influence” of bad air)
- combinations of the above
Rous Sarcoma virus
The ICTV 
International Committee on
Taxonomy of Viruses  1970s,
Order (-virales)
Family (-viridae)
Subfamily (-virinae)
Genus (-virus)
Species
The majority of virus families remain unplaced. Currently
(2012), seven orders, 96 families, 22
subfamilies, 420 genera, and 2,618
species of viruses have been defined by
the ICTV
•LHT System of Virus Classification
•The LHT System of Virus Classification is based
•on chemical and physical characters like nucleic acid (DNA 
or RNA), 
•Symmetry (Helical or Icosahedral or Complex), 
•presence of envelope, Non enveloped (“naked”)
  diameter of capsid, number of capsomers
PNVC) of the International Association of Microbiological
Societies (1962)
The Baltimore classification system
David Baltimore, groups viruses into families, depending on
their type of genome (DNA, RNA, single-stranded (ss), double-
stranded (ds), etc.) and of replication.
Group I: Double-stranded DNA viruses
Group II: Single-stranded DNA viruses
Group III: Double-stranded RNA viruses
Group IV & V: Single-stranded RNA viruses
1 Group IV: Single-stranded RNA viruses - Positive-sense
.2 Group V: Single-stranded RNA viruses - Negative-sense
Group VI: Positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that replicat
 Group VII: Double-stranded DNA viruses that replicate through a     single-strande
Class Description of genome and replication
strategy
Example of animal virus
I Double stranded DNA genome Herpesvirus, poxvirus
II Single stranded DNA genome Chicken anemia virus
III Double stranded RNA genome Reovirus
IV Single stranded RNA genome plus sense Poliovirus
V Single stranded RNA genome minus sense Influenza virus,Rabies virus
VI Single stranded RNA genome that
replicated with DNA intermediate
Retrovirus
VII Double stranded DNA genome that
replicates with RNA intermediate
Hepatitis B virus
7 class of Baltimore classification
Group I: Double-stranded DNA viruses
 This type of virus usually must enter the host 
nucleus before it is able to replicate.
Furthermore, these viruses require host cell 
polymerases to replicate the viral genome 
 highly dependent on the cell cycle.
 The virus may induce the cell to forcefully
undergo cell division, which may lead to 
transformation of the cell and, ultimately, 
cancer.
 Examples
Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, and Papovaviridae.
Group II: Single-stranded DNA viruses
 Viruses in this category include the Anelloviridae, 
Parvoviridae (infect vertebrates)
  Geminiviridae  Nanoviridae (infect plants),
 Microviridae (infect prokaryotes).
 Most of them have circular genomes (the parvoviruses
are the only known exception).
 Eukaryote-infecting viruses replicate mostly within
the nucleus –
Group III: Double-stranded RNA viruses
As with most RNA viruses, this class replicates in the
in cytoplasm,
not use the host replication polymerases to as DNA
 viruses.
This family is not well-studied as rest
includes 2 major families, the Reoviridae and 
Birnaviridae.
Replication is monocistronic 
meaning that each of the genes codes for only one
protein, unlike other viruses that exhibit more
complex translation.
Group IV & V: Single-stranded RNA
viruses
The ssRNA viruses belong to Class IV or V
of the negative sense
 positive sense
according to the sense of polarity of RNA.
The single stranded RNA is the common feature of these
viruses.
The replication of viruses happens in the cytoplasm.
Class IV and V ssRNA viruses do not depend as heavily as
DNA viruses on the cell
Group IV: Single-stranded RNA viruses -
Positive-sense
The positive-sense RNA viruses and indeed all RNA defined as 
positive-sense can be directly accessed by host ribosomes to
immediately form proteins.
reproduce in the cytoplasm:
 Viruses with polycistronic mRNA where the genome RNA forms
the mRNA and is translated into a polyprotein product that is
cleaved to form the mature proteins
 . This means that the gene can produce proteins from the
same strand of RNA, .
 Examples of this class include the families  Caliciviridae, 
Picornaviridae, 
Group V: Single-stranded RNA
viruses - Negative-sense
 The negative-sense RNA viruses and indeed all genes
defined as negative-sense cannot be directly
accessed by host ribosomes to immediately form
proteins. Instead, they must be transcribed by viral
polymerases into a "readable" form, which is the
positive-sense reciprocal.
 Ex/ Orthomyxoviridaeand Rhabdoviridae
Group VI: Positive-sense single-stranded RNA
viruses that replicate through a DNA
intermediate
 viruses include the retroviruses.
 One defining feature is the use of 
reverse transcriptase to convert the
positive-sense RNA into DNA. Instead of
using the RNA they use DNA to create the
templates,. Replication can with the help
of the host cell's polymerases.
 ex HIV.
Group VII: Double-stranded DNA
viruses that replicate through a
single-stranded RNA
intermediate
 This small group of viruses, exemplified
by the Hepatitis B virus (which is in the 
Hepadnaviridae family), have a double-
stranded,
 The RNA serves as viral reverse
transcriptase for production of the DNA .
Reverse transcribing viruses
 The process of making a double stranded DNA molecule
 from a single stranded RNA template through the 
enzyme, reverse transcriptase
Holmes classification
 Holmes (1948) classify viruses into 3 groups under one order, Virales
 Group I: Phaginae (attacks bacteria)
 Group II: Phytophaginae (attacks plants)
 Group III: Zoophaginae (attacks animals)
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DNA Viruses
RNA Viruses
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Typical infectious cycle
1. Attachment
2. Penetration
3. Uncoating
4. Transcription and/or
translation
5. Replication
6. Assembly
7. Release
SUB VIRAL PARTICLE
Prions, "proteinaceous and infectious
particles“
Satellites depend on co-infection of a
host cell with a helper virus for productive
multiplication
Viroids smallest infectious pathogens
known, circular, single-stranded RNA
 without protein coats. They are plant
pathogens
• Viruses cause disease in animals of economic
and/or welfare importance
• Diagnose viral disease (clinical/lab tests)
• Advise clients control (risk to other animals)
• Animal viruses may pose risk to human health
(zoonosis)
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Why are viruses important to vets?
VIRUSES OF VET IMP.
Rhabdoviruses
  family of -ssRNA viruses that infect hosts, from plants and insects, to
fish and mammals.
 The Rhaboviridae family consists vesiculovirus, infect mammals The
family includes pathogens such as rabies virus, 
vesicular stomatitis virus 
Foot-and-mouth disease virus 
 (FMDV) is a member of the in the Picornaviridae family and is the
cause of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, cattle, sheep and goats. It is
a non-enveloped, positive strand, RNA virus. FMDV is a highly
contagious virus. It enters the body through inhalation
Pestiviruses
 +ssRNA genomes. They cause Classical swine fever (CSF) and 
Bovine viral diarrhea(BVD
Arteriviruses
are small, enveloped, animal viruses +ssRNA. The family includes 
equine arteritis virus (EAV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
 (PRRSV), and simian haemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV).
Coronaviruses 
are enveloped +ssRNA They infect the URT and GIT of mammals and birds. They
cause wide range of diseases in cats, dog, pigs, rodents, cattle and humans.
Transmission is by F.O.R
Torovirus 
family Coronaviridae, subfamily Torovirinae that primarily
infect vertebrates and include Berne virus of horses and Breda virus of cattle.
They cause gastroenteritis in mammals, Influenza
 is caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae and affects birds and
mammals
Bluetongue virus
 (BTV), a member Reoviridae family  .causes serious disease in
livestock (sheep, goat, cattle
Circoviruses 
small dsDNA viruses. There are 2 genera: gyrovirus, with one
species called chicken anemia virus; and circovirus, which
includes porcine circovirus
Avian influenza
Wild aquatic birds of influenza A viruses. cause devastating
outbreaks in domestic poultry or give rise to human
influenza pandemics. 
Viral diseases cannot be treated
with antibiotics.
Vaccines are often the best
protection against most
diseases.
Most vaccines work only if used
before an infection begins.
Symptoms may be treated with
over-the-counter medicines.
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classification of virus and basic terms

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    VIRUS CLASSIFICATION OF VIRUSES VIRUSES OFVET IMP. Pressented To . DR. Khalil SB. VIROLOGY DEPART. Riphah college of veterniary sciences lahore 2
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    Content 1. 1.Naming ofviruses 2. 2.Classification of virus – ICTV 3. 3.LHT System of Virus Classification 4. 4.Baltimore Classification – 7 classes 5. 5.Holmes classification 6. SUB VIRAL PARTICLE 1. 7. VIRUSES OF VET IMP. 2. 3
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    Reasons beyond classification Classification of virus been determined by the structural and chemical composition of virus  Are apply to all plant viruses, animal viruses and bacterial viruses  Virus is acellular cell – cannot be categorised using taxonomic classification  It used International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) to classify the viruses 4
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    What are viruses? Nucleic acid contained within a protective protein coat Infect bacteria, plants, animals (inc humans) Differences from bacteria • viruses CANNOT replicate outwith a cellular environment • viruses ARE NOT affected by antibiotics Submicroscopic particles
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    6 1. genome ± 3.envelope 2. capsid Virion (virus particle) structure nucleocapsid • A virion is the extracellular form of a virus and contains either an RNA or a DNA genome The virus genome is introduced into a new host cell by infection. The virus redirects the host metabolism to support virus replication.
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    Classification  Viruses arenot classified as members of the kingdoms  Do not obey the biological taxonomy  Generally based on: 1. Classical - eg. animal, plant, bacterial virus system - eg. naked or enveloped virus 2. Genomic - Baltimore classification 3. Serology - classification based on Diagnostic virology - eg. Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) of chickens (a coronavirus) – 3 different types present, these types have significant antigenic differences, but perhaps very little genetic or biological difference between these viruses.
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    Size of Viruses Ranges of sizes  20 nm to 500 nm (spherical)  12 nm to 300-2000 nm (rod like)  Easily observed with electron microscope  Ex.1 Mimivirus is 500 nm  Infects algae  Ex.2 Parvovirus is 20 nm in diameter  Infects algae  Viral genomes range in size 2,000 bp to 1,200,000 bp
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    How are virusesnamed?  Based on: - the disease they cause poliovirus, rabies virus - the type of disease murine leukemia virus - geographic locations Sendai virus, Coxsackie virus - their discovers Epstein-Barr virus - how they were originally thought to be contracted dengue virus (“evil spirit”), influenza virus (the “influence” of bad air) - combinations of the above Rous Sarcoma virus
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    The ICTV  International Committeeon Taxonomy of Viruses  1970s, Order (-virales) Family (-viridae) Subfamily (-virinae) Genus (-virus) Species The majority of virus families remain unplaced. Currently (2012), seven orders, 96 families, 22 subfamilies, 420 genera, and 2,618 species of viruses have been defined by the ICTV
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    •LHT System ofVirus Classification •The LHT System of Virus Classification is based •on chemical and physical characters like nucleic acid (DNA  or RNA),  •Symmetry (Helical or Icosahedral or Complex),  •presence of envelope, Non enveloped (“naked”)   diameter of capsid, number of capsomers PNVC) of the International Association of Microbiological Societies (1962)
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    The Baltimore classificationsystem David Baltimore, groups viruses into families, depending on their type of genome (DNA, RNA, single-stranded (ss), double- stranded (ds), etc.) and of replication. Group I: Double-stranded DNA viruses Group II: Single-stranded DNA viruses Group III: Double-stranded RNA viruses Group IV & V: Single-stranded RNA viruses 1 Group IV: Single-stranded RNA viruses - Positive-sense .2 Group V: Single-stranded RNA viruses - Negative-sense Group VI: Positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that replicat  Group VII: Double-stranded DNA viruses that replicate through a     single-strande
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    Class Description ofgenome and replication strategy Example of animal virus I Double stranded DNA genome Herpesvirus, poxvirus II Single stranded DNA genome Chicken anemia virus III Double stranded RNA genome Reovirus IV Single stranded RNA genome plus sense Poliovirus V Single stranded RNA genome minus sense Influenza virus,Rabies virus VI Single stranded RNA genome that replicated with DNA intermediate Retrovirus VII Double stranded DNA genome that replicates with RNA intermediate Hepatitis B virus 7 class of Baltimore classification
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    Group I: Double-strandedDNA viruses  This type of virus usually must enter the host  nucleus before it is able to replicate. Furthermore, these viruses require host cell  polymerases to replicate the viral genome   highly dependent on the cell cycle.  The virus may induce the cell to forcefully undergo cell division, which may lead to  transformation of the cell and, ultimately,  cancer.  Examples Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, and Papovaviridae.
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    Group II: Single-strandedDNA viruses  Viruses in this category include the Anelloviridae,  Parvoviridae (infect vertebrates)   Geminiviridae  Nanoviridae (infect plants),  Microviridae (infect prokaryotes).  Most of them have circular genomes (the parvoviruses are the only known exception).  Eukaryote-infecting viruses replicate mostly within the nucleus –
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    Group III: Double-strandedRNA viruses As with most RNA viruses, this class replicates in the in cytoplasm, not use the host replication polymerases to as DNA  viruses. This family is not well-studied as rest includes 2 major families, the Reoviridae and  Birnaviridae. Replication is monocistronic  meaning that each of the genes codes for only one protein, unlike other viruses that exhibit more complex translation.
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    Group IV &V: Single-stranded RNA viruses The ssRNA viruses belong to Class IV or V of the negative sense  positive sense according to the sense of polarity of RNA. The single stranded RNA is the common feature of these viruses. The replication of viruses happens in the cytoplasm. Class IV and V ssRNA viruses do not depend as heavily as DNA viruses on the cell
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    Group IV: Single-strandedRNA viruses - Positive-sense The positive-sense RNA viruses and indeed all RNA defined as  positive-sense can be directly accessed by host ribosomes to immediately form proteins. reproduce in the cytoplasm:  Viruses with polycistronic mRNA where the genome RNA forms the mRNA and is translated into a polyprotein product that is cleaved to form the mature proteins  . This means that the gene can produce proteins from the same strand of RNA, .  Examples of this class include the families  Caliciviridae,  Picornaviridae, 
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    Group V: Single-strandedRNA viruses - Negative-sense  The negative-sense RNA viruses and indeed all genes defined as negative-sense cannot be directly accessed by host ribosomes to immediately form proteins. Instead, they must be transcribed by viral polymerases into a "readable" form, which is the positive-sense reciprocal.  Ex/ Orthomyxoviridaeand Rhabdoviridae
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    Group VI: Positive-sensesingle-stranded RNA viruses that replicate through a DNA intermediate  viruses include the retroviruses.  One defining feature is the use of  reverse transcriptase to convert the positive-sense RNA into DNA. Instead of using the RNA they use DNA to create the templates,. Replication can with the help of the host cell's polymerases.  ex HIV.
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    Group VII: Double-strandedDNA viruses that replicate through a single-stranded RNA intermediate  This small group of viruses, exemplified by the Hepatitis B virus (which is in the  Hepadnaviridae family), have a double- stranded,  The RNA serves as viral reverse transcriptase for production of the DNA .
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    Reverse transcribing viruses The process of making a double stranded DNA molecule  from a single stranded RNA template through the  enzyme, reverse transcriptase Holmes classification  Holmes (1948) classify viruses into 3 groups under one order, Virales  Group I: Phaginae (attacks bacteria)  Group II: Phytophaginae (attacks plants)  Group III: Zoophaginae (attacks animals)
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    Typical infectious cycle 1.Attachment 2. Penetration 3. Uncoating 4. Transcription and/or translation 5. Replication 6. Assembly 7. Release
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    SUB VIRAL PARTICLE Prions,"proteinaceous and infectious particles“ Satellites depend on co-infection of a host cell with a helper virus for productive multiplication Viroids smallest infectious pathogens known, circular, single-stranded RNA  without protein coats. They are plant pathogens
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    • Viruses causedisease in animals of economic and/or welfare importance • Diagnose viral disease (clinical/lab tests) • Advise clients control (risk to other animals) • Animal viruses may pose risk to human health (zoonosis) • Why are viruses important to vets?
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    VIRUSES OF VETIMP. Rhabdoviruses   family of -ssRNA viruses that infect hosts, from plants and insects, to fish and mammals.  The Rhaboviridae family consists vesiculovirus, infect mammals The family includes pathogens such as rabies virus,  vesicular stomatitis virus  Foot-and-mouth disease virus   (FMDV) is a member of the in the Picornaviridae family and is the cause of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, cattle, sheep and goats. It is a non-enveloped, positive strand, RNA virus. FMDV is a highly contagious virus. It enters the body through inhalation
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    Pestiviruses  +ssRNA genomes. Theycause Classical swine fever (CSF) and  Bovine viral diarrhea(BVD Arteriviruses are small, enveloped, animal viruses +ssRNA. The family includes  equine arteritis virus (EAV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus  (PRRSV), and simian haemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV). Coronaviruses  are enveloped +ssRNA They infect the URT and GIT of mammals and birds. They cause wide range of diseases in cats, dog, pigs, rodents, cattle and humans. Transmission is by F.O.R Torovirus  family Coronaviridae, subfamily Torovirinae that primarily infect vertebrates and include Berne virus of horses and Breda virus of cattle. They cause gastroenteritis in mammals, Influenza  is caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae and affects birds and mammals
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    Bluetongue virus  (BTV), amember Reoviridae family  .causes serious disease in livestock (sheep, goat, cattle Circoviruses  small dsDNA viruses. There are 2 genera: gyrovirus, with one species called chicken anemia virus; and circovirus, which includes porcine circovirus Avian influenza Wild aquatic birds of influenza A viruses. cause devastating outbreaks in domestic poultry or give rise to human influenza pandemics. 
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    Viral diseases cannotbe treated with antibiotics. Vaccines are often the best protection against most diseases. Most vaccines work only if used before an infection begins. Symptoms may be treated with over-the-counter medicines.
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