All are true regarding Rabies virus, except?: (A) Single Stranded RNA virus, (B) Linear, (C) Negative sense, (D) Space vehicle shaped
Answer is D. It is a bullet shaped virus with a single serotype. It is detected by immunofluoresence. The rabies virus is a neurotropic virus. These viruses areenveloped and have a single stranded RNA genome with negative-sense. All transcription and replication events take place in the cytoplasm inside a specialized "virus factory", the Negri body.