An elderly male accompanied by his son.The son tells his father has fever, cough, shoness of breath since 2 weeks. The patient is a known case of chronic bronchitis and diabetes. Travel history to Wuhan City, China is present. What is the symmetry of the causative virus?
Correct Answer: Enveloped helical symmetry
Description: The patient is suffering from coronavirus disease 2019. The symmetry of the causative virus is enveloped helical symmetry. Coronaviridae is a family of which have the following propeies: Unsegmented genome of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. They are enveloped viruses. They exhibit helical symmetry. Coronavirus is the causative agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). Viruses with Helical Symmetry: Mnemonic: ABC FOR PARAmedics Arenavirus Bunyavirus Coronavirus Filovirus Ohomyxovirus Rhabdovirus Paramyxovirus Reference: Ananthanarayan and Paniker&;s Textbook of Microbiology Tenth edition
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