Table 2: Zoonotic viral etiology in the united states.
Genus Species | Disease | Pathogen | Structure |
Lyssavirus (Rhabdoviridae Lagos bat, Mokola virus, Duvenhage virus, European bat virus) Ephemerovirus, and Vesiculovirus |
Rabies [63]. | Virus | Bullet shaped single-stranded, negative sense , unsegmented , enveloped RNA virus |
Filoviridae Ebola: (Ivory Coast, Sudan, Zaire, and Reston) and Marburg | Hemorrhagic fever [63]. | Virus | Filamentous, negative sense, single stranded, enveloped RNA virus |
Togaviridae Alphaviruses | Eastern equine encephalitis and western equine encephalitis [63]. | Virus | Spherical, positive-sense, single stranded enveloped RNA virus |
Arenaviruses5 cause disease in human Lassa virus, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Guanarito virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus |
Lassa virus, Junin virus, argentine pampas, Machupo virus, and Guanarito causes hemorrhagic fever in humans. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus cases neurologic, respiratory and GI infections [63]. |
Virus | Round, single stranded, enveloped RNA virus |