Group I: Double-stranded DNA viruses

Biology : Viruses

 

Pathogens

Papillomaviridae

• Human papillomavirus 
• Warts

Polyomaviridae

• BK virus
• After kidney transplant: nephritis, transplant failure
• JC Virus 
• Rarely symptomatic.
• In immunocompromised patients: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Adenoviridae 

• Adenovirus 
• Adenovirus infection 
• Gastroenteritis

Herpesviridae

• Human herpesvirus 1: Herpes simplex virus-1 
• Herpes simplex
• Human herpesvirus 2: Herpes simplex virus-2
• Herpes simplex
• Human herpesvirus 3: Varicella zoster virus
• Varicella (chickenpox)
• Herpes zoster (shingles)
• Human herpesvirus 4: Epstein–Barr virus
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Human herpesvirus 5: Cytomegalovirus
• Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
• In immunodeficient patients:
• CMV hepatitis, fulminant liver failure
• CMV retinitis
• CMV colitis
• CMV pneumonitis
• CMV oesophagitis
• Polyradiculopathy
• Transverse myelitis
• Subacute encephalitis
• Human herpesvirus 6: Roseolovirus
• Exanthema subitum
• Human herpesvirus 7: Roseolovirus
• Exanthema subitum
• Human herpesvirus 8: Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
• Kaposi sarcoma

Poxviridae

• Smallpox virus 
• Smallpox 
• Molluscum contagiosum virus 
• Molluscum contagiosum