Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Readers should not confuse Rubella
virus with the measles virus, Rubeola. Rubeola virus is a paramyxovirus
(Group V, Chapter 43), unrelated to Rubella virus.
Chapter 43, Group V Viruses
Chapter 42, Group IV Viruses
One member of Class Arenaviridae,
Lassa virus, the cause of Lassa fever, should not be confused with Lyssa
virus, a member of Class Rhabdoviridae and the cause of rabies.
Chapter 44, Group VI Viruses
Readers should not confuse HTLV-III,
a virus discovered in 2005, and which is not known at this time to produce
disease in infected humans, with the same name (long since abandoned) that
was assigned to the HIV virus.
