Poliovirus

Patent Granted Poliovirus, the causative agent of poliomyelitis (commonly known as polio), is a human enterovirus and member of the family of Picornaviridae.[2] Poliovirus is composed of an RNA genome and a protein capsid. The genome is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome that is about 7500 nucleotides long.[3] The viral particle is about 30 nanometres in diameter with icosahedral symmetry.