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. 2021 Nov 29;13(12):2034. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122034

Table 1.

Properties of viruses included in AgNP research.

Virus Family/Genetic Material Capsid/Coat Genome Size Virion Diameter References
Adenovirus type 3 Adenoviridae/dsDNA Icosahedral/Non-enveloped ~30–40 kb ~70 to 100 nm [162,163]
HBV Hepadnaviridae/dsDNA-RT Icosahedral/Enveloped ~3.2 kb 22–4 nm [164,165]
HSV-1 (DNA) Herpesviridae/dsDNA Icosahedral/Enveloped ~152 kb 155 to 240 nm [96,166,167]
HSV-1 (RNA) Retroviridae/ssRNA-RT Conical Complex/Enveloped ~9.2 kb ∼145 nm/Positive-sense [168,169]
Influenza A Orthomyxoviridae/ssRNA Helical Complex/Enveloped ~7.12–18.73 kb 10–15 nm/Negative-sense [170,171]
Norovirus Calicivirida/ssRNA Icosahedral/Naked ~7.5–7.7 kb ~38 nm/Positive-sense [111,172,173]
Poliovirus Picornaviridae/ssRNA Icosahedra/Naked ~7.5 kb 31 nm/Positive-sense [117,174]
RSV Paramyxoviridae/ssRNA Helical/Enveloped ~15.2 kb 100–1000 nm/Negative-sense [175,176]
RVF Phenuiviridae/ssRNA Spherical/Enveloped ~11.5 kb 80–120 nm/Negative-sense [177]
SARS-CoV-2 Coronaviridae/ssRNA Coiled Helix/Enveloped ~32 kb 50–200 nm/Positive-sense [130,131]
Chikungunya virus Togaviridae/ssRNA Icosahedral/Enveloped ~11.8 kb 70 nm/Positive-sense [178,179,180,181]
BUNV Peribunyaviridae/ssRNA Pleomorphic/Enveloped ~6.9 kb 108 ± 8 nm/Negative-sense [143,182]
WSSV Nimaviridae/dsDNA Ovoid/Enveloped ~300 kb 70–167 nm [148,149,150]
ZIKV Flaviviridae/ssRNA Spherical/Enveloped ~10 kb 50 nm/Positive-sense [157,158]