animal virus

Noun
  1. An animal pathogen that is a virus (synset 101338300)
    is a type of: 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
    subtypes:
    • 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, 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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