Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus belongs to which family and genus?

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Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus belongs to which family and genus?

Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus is a picornavirus, placed in the family Picornaviridae and the genus Aphthovirus. Picornaviridae are small, non-enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with an icosahedral capsid, and the genus Aphthovirus within this family includes FMDV and related animal pathogens. The other families listed correspond to different virus groups (for example Rotavirus in Reoviridae, influenza viruses in Orthomyxoviridae, alphaviruses in Togaviridae), which differ in genome type and envelope status from picornaviruses, helping explain why FMDV fits the Picornaviridae/Aphthovirus classification.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus is a picornavirus, placed in the family Picornaviridae and the genus Aphthovirus. Picornaviridae are small, non-enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with an icosahedral capsid, and the genus Aphthovirus within this family includes FMDV and related animal pathogens. The other families listed correspond to different virus groups (for example Rotavirus in Reoviridae, influenza viruses in Orthomyxoviridae, alphaviruses in Togaviridae), which differ in genome type and envelope status from picornaviruses, helping explain why FMDV fits the Picornaviridae/Aphthovirus classification.

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