10-Letter Words Ending: IRUS

• any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease

• any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections

• Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.

• the virus causing poliomyelitis

• any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye

• any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

• Any of a group of retroviruses, of the genus Lentivirus, which have long incubation periods.