A 15-year-old girl was admitted to the infectious disease hospital with a provisional diagnosis of rabies. What is the shape of this virus?
Structure of Rabies Virus: Rabies virus is bullet-shaped 180 x 75 nm, with one end rounded or conical and the other planar or concave. Rabies is a RNA virus. Shapes of various Viruses: Rabies - Bullet Ebola virus - Filamentous Poxvirus - Brick Tobacco mosaic virus - Rod shaped Adeno & Picorna, Reo, Retrovirus - Icosahedral Ohomyxovirus- Spherical or Elongated Paramyxovirus - Pleomorphic Coronavirus - Pleomorphic
Brick shape
Icosahedral shape
Bullet shape
Rod shape
Virology Pa-2 (RNA Virus Pa-1,2 & Miscellaneous Viruses)