Definition of animal virus Animal virus
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What does animal virus mean?
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| animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus | ||
| virus (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein | ||
| adenovirus any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | ||
| arenavirus animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae | ||
| bunyavirus an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon | ||
| filovirus animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae | ||
| alphavirus an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses | ||
| flavivirus animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae | ||
| vesiculovirus an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | ||
| poxvirus any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates | ||
| hepadnavirus a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans | ||
| retrovirus any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell | ||
| myxovirus any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps | ||
| picornavirus a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat | ||
| herpes virus, herpes any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin | ||
| papovavirus any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas | ||
| rhabdovirus any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies | ||
| lyssavirus a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies | ||
| reovirus any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis | ||
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