Microbiology & Parasitology

DNA Virus Families Mnemonic

🧠 What this helps you remember

6 na DNA virus families versus sandamakmak na RNA? Eh di DNA ka na, kasi kung wala sa PaPaAdPoHeHe… Automatic RNA virus na. Chaaaar.😝

✨ The mnemonic

PaPaAdPoHeHe

Ex.

HIV is _____.

HIV is a retrovirus, so wala siya sa PaPaAdPoHeHe, kaya RNA siya… Except kung inaccept na ung friend request mo, tas binura ka pa ulit tapos ipupush mo na magPaPaReAdPoHeHe. Hahaha. K. Bye!

P.S. Update: Papova is now separated to PAPILLOMA and POLYOMA.

🎯 Memory Triggers

🆕 Updated version

This older mnemonic used PaPaAdPoHeHe, which was based on the old Papovaviridae grouping.

Papovaviridae is no longer used. It was split into Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae, which are now treated as separate DNA virus families.

Newer mnemonic: Papi Pol, Pa Ad Po, He He