Table 2. Viruses (n = 37) that are known or suspected of being transmissible (directly or indirectly) between humans but to date have been restricted to short transmission chains or self-limiting outbreaks*.
| Genome, virus family | Virus name |
|---|---|
| Single-stranded RNA (ambisense) | |
| Arenaviruses | Guanarito, Junin, Lassa, Lujo, Machupo, Sabia, Dandenong,* lymphocytic choriomeningitis* |
| Bunyaviruses |
Andes, Bwamba, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Oropouche, Rift Valley,
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome |
| Single-stranded RNA (positive sense) | |
| Flaviviruses | Japanese encephalitis,* Usutu,* West Nile* |
| Coronaviruses | Middle East respiratory syndrome |
| Togaviruses |
Barmah Forest, o’nyong-nyong, Ross River, Semliki Forest,
Venezuelan equine encephalitis |
| Single-stranded RNA (negative sense) | |
| Filoviruses | Bundibugyo Ebola, Lake Victoria Marburg, Sudan Ebola |
| Paramyxoviruses | Nipah |
| Rhabdoviruses |
Bas-Congo, rabies* |
| Double-stranded RNA | |
| Reoviruses |
Nelson Bay, Colorado tick fever* |
| Double-stranded DNA | |
| Adenoviruses | Titi monkey |
| Herpesviruses | Macacine herpesvirus 1 |
| Polyomaviruses | Simian virus 40 |
| Poxviruses | Monkeypox, Orf, vaccinia |
*Human transmission of these viruses is known only by iatrogenic or vertical routes.