Table 2 Important groups of viral infections in humans
From: Virus
Disease groups | Important causative viruses |
|---|---|
Viral exanthems | Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Varicella viruses |
Arthralgia and arthritis | Chikungunya, HBV, HIV, Zika viruses |
Hemorrhagic fevers | Yellow fever, Dengue, Ebolavirus and Marburg viruses |
Viral gastroenteritis | Rotavirus (common in childhood), caliciviruses, enteric adenoviruses |
Hepatitis | Hepatitis viruses (A, B, C, D, E), yellow fever virus, HSV, EBV, CMV |
Genitourinary infection | HSV-2, HPV- 6, HPV-11 |
Oncogenic viruses | HPV types 16 and 18, HBV, HCV, EBV, polyoma virus, HHV8, HIV, HTLV |
Cardiitis | Coxsackie B viruses, adenovirus, parvovirus B19 |
Encephalitis | Japanese B encephalitis; Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan encephalitis; Herpesviridae family; Picornaviridae family; and Adenovirus |
Respiratory infections | RSV, adenovirus, SARS-CoV MERS-CoV, Influenza, and Parainfluenza virus |