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Hi, I'm Coxsackie A Virus . I'm an Enterovirus. I'm from the Picornaviridae family. I'm named after a town in New York where...

My name's Marburg . I'm a filovirus, like my cousin Ebola. I am also found in Africa. Like Ebola, I make you bleed all over. My...

Hiya, I'm Ebola ! I'm a filovirus. Me and my family are very rare. I am a hook shape. I get into you through blood and other flu...

I am Human Metapneumovirus . I'm the from family Paramyxoviridae. I am a Pneumovirus. I was first found in 2001. I'm big with kids a...

I am Respiratory Syncitial Virus. I am part of the family Paramyxoviridae. My specialty is brochiolitis in children. I love kids under 3. Th...

Hey there fella! I am Human Parainfluenza Virus . I'm from the Paramyxoviridae family. But I'm not like my friend Influenza. I am th...

Hello My name is Mumps . I'm from the Paramyxoviridae family. I cause parot itis in kids. I make the glands in the mouth swell up. They ...

Hello my name is Measles. I am also called Rubeola and 1st disease. I am part of the Paramyxoviridae family. I cause a special kind of exant...

Hello, I'm the Rubella Virus. I'm a Togavirus, of the Rubivirus species. I am also called "German measles". I get into you...

Hey there. My name is Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus . I'm a Togavirus. I'm also an arborvirus. I mostly live around horses. I al...

Hello there. My name is Ross River Virus . I am an Alphavirus from the Togaviridae family. I am an arborvirus. I live in Australia like my...

Hello . My name is Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus . I'm an arborvirus from the Togaviridae family. I can be found around Australia. ...

Howdy. I'm West Nile Virus. I'm a flavivirus. I'm also an arborvirus. I live in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and now in Nort...

Hi, I'm Japanese Encephalitis Virus . I'm from Flaviviridae and an arborvirus. I'm big all over Asia. I live around rice fields...

We're the Dengue Virus ! We're Flaviviruses. We're found in the tropics. We hitch a ride on an Aedes mosquito. When she bit...

Hey, I'm Yellow Fever Virus . I am from family Flaviviridae. I am in Africa and South America . I am an arborvirus. This means I am carr...

My name is Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus . I am from the family Flaviviridae. I was first found in Russia. I am carried by Ixodes ticks. T...

Hey I'm Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus. I am also a retrovirus. I'm so retro! I transmit through blood, sexual contact and child b...

My name is Human immunodeficiency virus . I am a Retrovirus . I'm very retro. I have 2 types. I make up the majority of HIV in the world...

Hi I'm Human Papilloma Virus types 16 and 18. I'm from family Papillomaviridae . I am sexually transmitted. I am linked to cervical...