Teschen disease virus


Te·schen dis·ease vi·rus

(tesh'en), a picornavirus causing the disorder of pigs; the virus is normally a harmless inhabitant of the intestinal tract, but virulent strains cause epizootics of the disease. Synonym(s): infectious porcine encephalomyelitis virus [Teschen in Silesia, Germany]

Teschen,

district in Czechoslovakia where the disease was first described in 1929. Teschen disease virus - a picornavirus causing Teschen disease of pigs. Synonym(s): infectious porcine encephalomyelitis virus