camelpox virus |
An orthopoxvirus causing camelpox in camels.
(05 Mar 2000) |
canarypox virus |
A poxvirus of the genus Avipoxvirus causing a fatal disease of canaries, and also infecting sparrows.
(05 Mar 2000) |
canine distemper virus |
An RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, that causes canine distemper.
Synonym: dog distemper virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis virus |
A lentivirus causing caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis in goats.
(05 Mar 2000) |
Caraparu virus |
A species of C group Bunyavirus and an agent of bunyavirus encephalitis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
rabbit fibroma virus |
A poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus, closely related to vaccinia and myxoma viruses, that causes Shope fibroma.
Synonym: fibromatosis virus of rabbits, Shope fibroma virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
rabbit myxoma virus |
The poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus causing myxomatosis of rabbits.
Synonym: myxomatosis virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
rabbitpox virus |
An orthopoxvirus that causes epidemics of pox in laboratory rabbits; immunologically, it is closely related to vaccinia virus but is more virulent in rabbits.
(05 Mar 2000) |
rabies virus |
<organism, virology> Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia. The virus infects a number of domestic and wild mammals, whose saliva is infective. Some bats and small mammals can carry the virus without showing any symptoms of disease.
(18 Nov 1997) |
vaccinia virus |
<molecular biology, virology> DNA viruses used in several biotechnology applications, including expression vector systems. Because they can hold quite a lot of DNA, they can be used to make more than one protein at once in a cell, which can be useful for making proteins with more than one polypeptide chain.
(14 Nov 1997) |
Machupo virus |
<virology> A member of the Arenaviridae that may cause a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans. The natural hosts are rodents and transmission from human to human is not common.
(18 Nov 1997) |
Pacheco's parrot disease virus |
Probably a virus of the family Herpesviridae, possibly related to the virus of infectious laryngotracheitis.
Synonym: parrot virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
vacuolating virus |
Any of a number of virus's, belonging to various families, isolated from monkeys or from cultures of monkey cells.
Synonym: vacuolating virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
radiation leukaemia virus |
A murine leukaemia virus isolated from radiation-induced lymphomas in c57bl mice. It is leukemogenic, thymotrophic, can be transmitted vertically, and replicates only in vivo.
(12 Dec 1998) |
gallus adeno-like virus |
A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, not known to be associated with natural disease.
Synonym: gallus adeno-like virus.
(05 Mar 2000) |