Practice mode Acellular Life (Viruses)

Which virus has a genome of double-stranded RNA?

Correct answer B. Rotavirus

Explanation

Rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhoea in infants, has a segmented double-stranded RNA genome. Poliovirus and TMV carry single-stranded RNA, and herpes virus has double-stranded DNA.

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