What is Colorado tick fever is the only known human infection caused by and explain in detail?
Coltiviruses form another species within the Reoviridae. The virus paicle is 80 nm in diameter with a genome consisting of 12 segments of double-stranded RNA, totaling about 29 kbp. Colorado tick fever virus, transmitted by ticks, is able to infect humans.Reference:Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology; 27th edition; Chapter 37; Reoviruses, Rotaviruses, and Caliciviruses