| Nukleinsäure | (Nukleo-) Kapsid- symmetrie | Hülle | Virus- Durchmesser (nm) | Nukleinsäure- Konfiguration **) | Familie | Gattung | Wichtige Arten (Beispiele) |
| DNA-Viren | kubisch | nackt | 19-25 | ss | Parvoviridae | Erythrovirus | Parvovirus B19 |
| 55 | ds | Papillomaviridae | Papillomavirus | Warzenvirus | |||
| 45 | ds | Polyomaviridae | Poliomavirus | BK-, JC-Virus | |||
| 70-90 | ds | Adenoviridae | Mastadenovirus | Adenoviren | |||
| Hülle | 27 / 42 *) | ss | Hepadnaviridae | Orthohepadnavirus | Hepatitis B-Virus | ||
| 100 / 200 *) | ds | Herpesviridae | Simplexvirus | Herpes-simplex-Virus | |||
| Varicellovirus | Varizellen-/Zoster-Virus | ||||||
| Cytomegalovirus | Zytomegalievirus | ||||||
| Roseolovirus | Humanes Herpesvirus 6 | ||||||
| Lymphocryptovirus | Epstein-Barr-Virus | ||||||
| komplex | Hülle | 230 x 350 | ds | Poxviridae | Orthopox | Variola-, Vacciniavirus | |
| Parapox | Orf | ||||||
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| RNA-Viren | kubisch | nackt | 24-30 | ss+ | Picornaviridae | Enterovirus | Poliovirus |
| Echo-Viren | |||||||
| Coxsackie-Viren | |||||||
| Hepatovirus | Hepatitis-A-Virus | ||||||
| Rhinovirus | Rhinoviren | ||||||
| Parechovirus | Parechoviren | ||||||
| 30 | ss+ | Astroviridae | Astrovirus | Astroviren | |||
| 33 | ss+ | Caliciviridae | Calicivirus | Hepatitis-E-Virus | |||
| 60-80 | ds segm. | Reoviridae | Coltivirus | Colorado-Zeckenfieber-Virus | |||
| Orthoreovirus | Reovirus 1 - 3 | ||||||
| Rotavirus | Rotaviren | ||||||
| Hülle | 60-70 | ss+ | Togaviridae | Alphavirus | Sindbis-Virus | ||
| Rubivirus | Rötelnvirus | ||||||
| 40 | ss+ | Flaviviridae | Flavivirus | Gelbfieber-Virus | |||
| Dengue-Virus | |||||||
| FSME-Virus | |||||||
| Hepacivirus | Hepatitis-C-Virus | ||||||
| Hepatitis-G-Virus | |||||||
| helikal | Hülle | 80-220 | ss+ | Coronaviridae | Coronavirus | Coronaviren | |
| 80-120 | ss segm. - | Orthomyxoviridae | Influenzavirus | Influenzavirus-A | |||
| Influenzavirus-B | |||||||
| Influenzavirus-C | |||||||
| 150-300 | ss- | Paramyxoviridae | Pneumovirus | RS-Virus | |||
| Paramyxovirus | Parainfluenzaviren | ||||||
| Rubulavirus | Mumpsvirus | ||||||
| Morbillivirus | Masernvirus | ||||||
| 60 x 180 | ss- | Rhabdoviridae | Lyssavirus | Tollwutvirus | |||
| 80 x filament. | ss- | Filoviridae | Filovirus | Marburg-, Ebolavirus | |||
| 100 | ss segm .- | Bunyaviridae | Bunyavirus | Bunyamwera-Virus | |||
| Nairovirus | Krim-Kongo-Virus | ||||||
| Phlebovirus | Phlebotomus-Fieber-Virus | ||||||
| Hantavirus | Hantaan-Virus | ||||||
| ? | Hülle | 50-300 | ss segm. + | Arenaviridae | Arenavirus | LMC, Lassa-Virus | |
| 100 | ss segm. + | Retroviridae | HTLV-Retrovirus | HTLV I und II | |||
| Spumavirus | Spumavirus | ||||||
| Lentivirus | HIV 1 und 2 | ||||||