Adenoviridae

Adenoviruses
Transmission electron micrograph of two adenovirus particles
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Preplasmiviricota
Class: Tectiliviricetes
Order: Rowavirales
Family: Adenoviridae
Genera
Adenovirus D26 structural model at atomic resolution[1]

Adenoviruses (members of the family Adenoviridae) are medium-sized (90–100 nm), nonenveloped (without an outer lipid bilayer) viruses with an icosahedral nucleocapsid containing a double-stranded DNA genome.[2] Their name derives from their initial isolation from human adenoids in 1953.[3]

They have a broad range of vertebrate hosts; in humans, more than 50 distinct adenoviral serotypes have been found to cause a wide range of illnesses, from mild respiratory infections in young children (known as the common cold) to life-threatening multi-organ disease in people with a weakened immune system.[2]

  1. ^ Padilla-Sanchez V (2021-07-24), Adenovirus D26 Structural Model at Atomic Resolution, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5132873, retrieved 2021-07-24
  2. ^ a b "9.11H: Double-Stranded DNA Viruses- Adenoviruses". Biology LibreTexts. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rowe WP, Huebner RJ, Gilmore LK, Parrott RH, Ward TG (December 1953). "Isolation of a cytopathogenic agent from human adenoids undergoing spontaneous degeneration in tissue culture". Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. 84 (3): 570–3. doi:10.3181/00379727-84-20714. PMID 13134217. S2CID 3097955.