animal virus

Related to animal virus: plant virus

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Noun

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 - 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

parvo, parvovirus - 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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The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday allayed fears over the suspected swine fever virus in the country noting that even if tests conducted in hogs show positive results, measures are in place to keep the animal virus controlled.

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MERS-CoV virus is thought to be an animal virus; humans are infected sporadically.

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A deadly animal virus is on the loose, treading through Russia and knocking on the doors of Eastern Europe and Asia.

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"So far, it is still an animal virus, not a human virus," the Shanghai Daily quoted Jiang Qingwu, head of the school of public health at Fudan University, as saying.

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Influenza research over the last 3 decades has identified several factors to help assess whether a particular animal virus might have a pandemic potential (16).

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In the latest cell testing, the compound successfully knocked out three types of influenza as well as a smallpox-related virus and an animal virus. Because of the highly contagious nature of the 1918 flu, those tests took place at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, one of the few places that stores and runs tests on that flu strain.

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Professor James Neil, who led the joint University of Glasgow-MRC virology unit bid, said: "An important feature of the new centre will be the integration of human and animal virus research.