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Poliovirus belongs to the family

  • A.Picornaviridae
  • B.Orthomyxoviridae
  • C.Herpesviridae
  • D.Reoviridae

Answer: A

The picornaviruses are small naked icosahedral viruses with positive-sense single-stranded RNA, and the family also contains the rhinoviruses and hepatitis A virus. Their name records both their size and their genome: pico for small and rna for the nucleic acid.

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