uhjkhk ![](https://i.imgur.com/CqVWQm2.png) source: [Orthomyxoviridae] (https://veteriankey.com/orthomyxoviridae/) --- Virions are spherical or pleomorphic with helical symmetry with a size range of 80–120 nm in diameter. ![](https://i.imgur.com/8jiU4OF.png) source: [Properties of Orthomyxoviruses](https://microbeonline.com/properties-orthomyxoviruses-paramyxoviruses-family/) --- Orthomyxoviruses possess 6–8 negative-sense, single-stranded RNA segments. Influenza virus types A and B and Isavirus contain eight RNA segments; influenza C and influenza D, seven RNA segments. 8 segments coding for 11 proteins. ![](https://i.imgur.com/kbMrZgP.png) --- ![](https://i.imgur.com/7N2vncV.png) --- ## Proteins ## ![](https://i.imgur.com/DNIhv8A.png) source: [Influenza A virus structure](https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/9/497/html) --- ![](https://i.imgur.com/04qkpIx.png) --- ![](https://i.imgur.com/C7IHkGb.png) source: [Fenner and White's Medical Virology](https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123751560/fenner-and-whites-medical-virology) --- ![](https://i.imgur.com/hKiOs3d.png) ---