Look up: parvovirus

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   parvovirus
   [n] - any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle
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   parvovirus
   A genus of the family parvoviridae, subfamily parvovirinae, infecting a variety of vertebrates including humans. Parvoviruses are responsible for a number of important diseases but also can be non-pathogenic in certain hosts. The type species is mice minute virus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   parvovirus
   parvo noun any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
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   Parvovirus
   `Parvovirus`, commonly abbreviated to `parvo`, is a genus of the `Parvoviridae` family linear, non-segmented single stranded DNA viruses with an average genome size of 5 kbp. Parvoviruses are some of the smallest viruses found in nature (hence the name, from Latin `parvus` meaning `small`). Many types of mammalian species have a strain of parvovirus associated with them. Parvoviruses tend to be specific about the taxon of animal they will infect...
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   Parvovirus
   (pahr´vo-vi″rәs) a genus of viruses of the family Parvoviridae that infect mammals and birds; those infecting humans can cause aplastic crisis, erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, spontaneous abortion, and fetal death.
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   parvovirus
   (pahr´vo-vi″rәs) any virus of the family Parvoviridae. human parvovirus B19 B19 virus.
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   parvovirus
   (from the article `virus`) ...infected cells, whereas the papillomaviruses, which do not grow in cell culture, usually cause warts and benign papillomas, which can also lead to ... Animal viruses exhibit extreme variation in size and shape. The smallest animal viruses belong to the families Parvoviridae and Picornaviridae and ... [2 ...
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   parvovirus
   parvovirus 1. Any of a group of very small animal viruses consisting of some single-stranded DNA in an icosahedral capsid without an envelope and occurring in a wide variety of vertebrates, often as a pathogen.2. In veterinary medicine, an often fatal disease of dogs caused by a parvovirus, characterized by diarrhea and vomiting.3. Parvoviruses; a genus of vi...
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   Parvovirus
   A genus of viruses (family Parvoviridae) that replicate autonomously in suitable cells. Strain B19 infects humans, causing erythema infectiosum and aplastic crisis in hemolytic anemia. [L. parvus, small, + virus]
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    parvovirus
    parvovirus (pär"vōvī'rus) , any of several small DNA viruses that cause several diseases in animals, including humans. In humans, parvoviruses cause fifth disease, or erythema infectiosum, an acute disease usually affecting young children. Symptoms include a rash that spread...
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