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INFLUENZA VIRUS

Sonya Godwin
Associate Professor
M.Sc Nursing (peadiatrics
Nursing )
INFLUENZA VIRUS
INFLUENZA VIRUS
MORPHOLOGY
• Family- Orthomyxoviridae family
• Genus- Influenza virus
• Size – 80 -120 nm
• Shape – Spherical shape
• Nucleic acid – Single stranded RNA
• Envelope – present
• Virion has 2 types of membrane protein spikes –
H.protein(Hemagglutinin ) and N. protein (Neurominidase)

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