Two major examples of RNA viruses are **Influenza** (which causes the flu) and **SARS-CoV-2** (the virus responsible for COVID-19).
Since you’re currently diving into physiology, you might also find these interesting from a medical perspective:
* **Poliovirus:** Important for its impact on the motor neurons of the spinal cord (fitting for your nerve-muscle studies!).
* **Rhinovirus:** The most common cause of the common cold.
* **HIV:** A retrovirus that uses RNA as its genetic material but converts it into DNA once inside a host cell.
Would you like me to help you create a comparison table of these viruses based on their Baltimore classification (positive-sense vs. negative-sense RNA)?

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