Reoviridae : medium-sized viruses with a double-stranded, segmented RNA genome

Reovirus

Characterictics
Virion: Icosahedral, 6080 nm in diameter, double capsid shell
If single-shelled 50-60nm Double-shelled is the complete and infectious form

Composition: RNA (15%), protein (85%) Genome: Double-stranded RNA, linear, segmented (1012 segments); total genome size 1627 kbp Envelope: None Replication: Cytoplasm; virions not completely uncoated

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Reovirus Replication

Reovirus (g.)
not known to cause human disease can be seen in a wide range of mammalian, avian, and reptilian hosts contain a hemagglutinin for human O or bovine erythrocytes unapparent infections, because most people have serum antibodies by early adulthood important model systems for the study of the pathogenesis of viral infection at the molecular level