Viruses????? what kinds are there??*body*?

Question

Sorry i can't spell Viruses right.. I was wondering what types of viruese are there that could be in ur body??

Answer 1

You had to ask.
Class I: Double stranded DNA viruses eg Herpesvirus and smallpox
Class II: Single stranded DNA, eg measles
Class III: Double stranded RNA, eg Rotavirus (more one for babies)
Class IV: Single stranded RNA, eg corona (colds), Ebola
Class V: (gets complicated) DNA with RNA intermediate, eg influenza
Class VI: RNA with DNA intermediate, eg HIV
Class VII: 1.5 strand of DNA, eg Hepatitis B virus

Not sure if this is what you wanted or not, but this is a damn good website for info on viruses etc.
By the way, 2% of our genome encodes for proteins and RNA's. 11% is viral transposons!

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/

Answer 2

Hmm, there are no known normal flora viruses in our body, and this is because of the fact that they are intracellular parasites, meaning they replicate inside our cells and, most of the time, kill our cells while they replicate again and infect and kill yet more of our cells.

There are, however, bacteria in our body, which are considered as normal flora; but no viruses because these organisms truly compromise our health and could be potentially deadly if allowed.

Hope this helps!