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Brontok originated in Indonesia. It was first discovered in 2005. The name refers to elang brontok, a bird species native to South & Southeast Asia. It arrives as an attachment of e-mail named kangen.exe (kangen itself means "to miss someone/thing"). The virus/email itself contains a message in Indonesian (and some English).
Respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ), [a] also called human respiratory syncytial virus ( hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. [2] Its name is derived from the large cells known as syncytia that form when infected cells fuse.
A slow virus disease is a disease that, after an extended period of latency, follows a slow, progressive course spanning months to years, frequently involves the central nervous system, and in most cases progresses to death. Examples of slow virus diseases include HIV/AIDS, caused by the HIV virus, [1] subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, the ...
Virus classification showing major ranks This is a list of biological virus families and subfamilies. See also Comparison of computer viruses. This is an alphabetical list of biological virus families and subfamilies; it includes those families and subfamilies listed by the ICTV 2020 report. For a list of individual species, see List of virus ...
Tulip breaking virus is one of five plant viruses of the family Potyviridae that cause color-breaking of tulip flowers. These viruses infect plants in only two genera of the family Liliaceae: tulips ( Tulipa) and lilies ( Lilium ). Also known as the tulip break virus, lily streak virus, lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, Tulip breaking virus is ...
Semliki Forest virus. The Semliki Forest virus is an alphavirus found in central, eastern, and southern Africa. It was first isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in 1942 and described by Smithburn and Haddow. [2] It is known to cause disease in animals and humans.
Rice ragged stunt virus ( RRSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Reoviridae . RRSV, vectored by the brown planthopper (BPH) (Delphacidae: Nilaparvata lugens ), causes ragged stunt disease of rice ( Oryza spp., especially Oryza sativa ). [1] The virus, first described by Hibino, Ling and Shikata, [2] [3] [4] is also less commonly known ...
Hosta virus X (HVX) is a virus that infects hostas. The disease was first identified in 1996 by Dr. Benham Lockhart at the University of Minnesota , and grouped with the potexviruses . [1] [2] The virus has reached epidemic proportions and is not uncommon to find in many garden centers and nurseries .