ICD-11 definition : This is an RNA virus that replicates in a host cell. First it uses its own reverse
transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, reverse of the usual pattern,
thus retro (backwards). This diagnosis is as the cause of diseases classified to other
chapters.;
ICD-11 inclusion : reovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere;
This is an RNA virus that replicates in a host cell. First it uses its own reverse
transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, reverse of the usual pattern,
thus retro (backwards). This diagnosis is as the cause of diseases classified to other
chapters.