The perfect virus is nearly impossible to curate, but here is my version.
The name would be Reine Virus named after me, Hunter Smith. The host would be a bat. This is because there are over 1,240 species of bats found in the world, and they live in different habitats ranging from woodlands and deserts to suburbs and cities. These flying mammals host over 60 zoonotic viruses (Klenerman). The symptoms would include fever over 102, dry cough, body aches, sneezing, and shortness of breath. The genome would be RNA due to the mutation rate is higher than DNA. The RNA virus evolves quicker, which causes the Reine virus to be volatile and unpredictable. Reine uses airborne transmission to move from host to host. This allows for the most contact from one host to another. The lingering pathogens in the air can spread to even more unattended people. The bats live with the virus from the start of their life. It is passed to humans through livestock, which is the amplifier and eating fruit. The incubation period would be from five to 10 days. Reine virus does not affect the bats in any way, so the bats die due to other factors. Reine virus could never go away; there were some preventions set in place to stop the virus. People stopped eating fruit from the trees, and if eaten, the fruit should be washed, no going into forest line at night, kill off the livestock amplifiers and educate people on the Reine virus.
Klenerman, Paul. Paul Klenerman: Viruses, How to Be the Perfect Host - Nuffield Department of Medicine, www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/paul-klenerman-viruses-how-to-be-the-perfect-host.