orthomyxovirus

CONT: La grippe est due au virus influenzae genre unique d'orthomyxovirus. Virus influenzae comporte 3 types, le type A responsable des grandes épidémies et des pandémies, le type B responsable d'épidémies plus localisées et moins intense et le type C exceptionnel et sporadique.

OBS: Any virus of the Orthomyxoviridae family; influenza viruses belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae and are divided into three types (A, B, and C) distinguished by the antigenicity of their internal and external proteins.

CONT: O influenza éum vírus RNA do grupo Orthomyxovirus e tem três sorotipos: influenzavirus A, influenzavirus B e influenzavirus C. As diferenças antigênicas baseiam-se nas duas estruturas protéicas maiores, a nucleoproteína (NP) e a matriz protéica (M).