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The genome of Influenza virus is a
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Influenza virus belongs to the family Orthomyxoviridae. Its genome consists of segmented single-stranded negative-sense RNA [ssRNA(-)].
Negative-sense RNA means the viral RNA cannot be directly translated into proteins and must first be converted into complementary positive-sense RNA by viral RNA polymerase.
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