单词 | polyomavirus |
释义 | polyomavirusn. Virology. Originally: a virus isolated from mouse tumours which produces multiple tumours when administered to newborn rodents. In later use: any member of the genus Polyomavirus, comprising non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses which typically cause persistent, asymptomatic infections of specific mammalian or avian hosts, but which also may have oncogenic potential, esp. in species other than the natural host, or when acquired at birth; (in form Polyomavirus) the genus itself. The genus Polyomavirus was formerly included with Papillomavirus in the family Papovaviridae, but is now the single genus of the family Polyomaviridae.The main human polyomaviruses are BK virus and JC virus, which may cause renal disease with haemorrhagic cystitis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, respectively, in immunocompromised patients. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of rodents > [noun] slobbers1841 melioidosis1921 myxoma1927 myxomatosis1927 murine typhus1933 myxo1951 polyomavirus1958 myxy1961 1958 B. E. Eddy et al. in Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 98 848/1 A virus, which we shall refer to as SE polyoma virus, was recovered from tissue cultures inoculated with tumor material from mice and was shown to induce multiple tumors in mice..and hamsters. 1962 Times 27 July 21/6 In many fully formed growths induced by the polyoma virus, no sign of the virus can be found under the electron microscope. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 283 Papovaviridae..are tumour-causing DNA viruses which in man include the agents of warts (papillomaviruses) and the very widespread polyomaviruses JC and BK. 2004 Seminars in Avian & Exotic Pet Med. 13 179/2 This disease [sc. Hemorrhagic Nephritis Enteritis of Geese] is caused by goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus,..genus Polyomavirus, in the newly defined Polyomaviridae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1958 |
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