grey patch disease of turtles virus
Grimsey virus GSYV A serotype of Great Island virus, in the genus Orbivirus. Gross leukemia virus The first strain of Murine leukemia virus isolated. Obtained from a spontaneous lymphoma of AKR mice. Also known as Gross passage A virus. Causes lymphoid leukemia on injection into newborn mice, usually after a latent period of at least 2-3 months. The virulent passage A virus is transmitted in the milk. Gross L 1951 Proc Soc Exp Bio Med 76,27 ground squirrel cytomegalovirus Synonym for sciurid...
San Miguel sea lion virus SMSV A
strain of Vesicular exanthema of swine virus VESV in the genus Calicivirus. Isolated from sea lions on San Miguel Island off the coast of California, USA and St Paul Island, Alaska. Serological evidence suggests the virus is widely distributed in Pacific marine mammals including northern fur seals. May be a cause of abortions in sea lions. Causes a vesicular disease in swine, and it has been suggested that marine mammals may be a reservoir of virus for terrestrial mammals. There are five...
simian type D virus SRV1 A strain of
Mason-Pfizer monkey virus in the genus Betaretrovirus. There are five serotypes based on neutralization by antisera. Causes immunosuppression SAIDS-D in macaque monkeys and originally called simian AIDS D-type SAIDS-D virus. Virions have a type D morphology and lack prominent spikes. The genome is typical of a retrovirus, with the structure 5' -gag-pro-pol-env-3' and no oncogenes. Reverse transcriptase has a preference for magnesium rather than manganese and is primed by tRNALys. Virions induce...
human astrovirus 18 HAstV1 to 8
Serotypes of Human astrovirus in the genus Astrovirus. human caliciviruses HuCV Members of the genus 'Norwalk-like viruses'. A group of viruses originally called 'small round-structured viruses' SRSV , including Norwalk virus the prototype virus , Desert Shield strain, Hawaii strain, Lordsdale strain, Mexico strain, Snow Mountain strain and Southampton strain. These viruses have a diameter of 27nm and lack typical calicivirus appearance but genome sequence analysis shows that they form a group...
Buttonwillow virus BUTV A strain of
Manzanilla virus in the genus Bunyavirus, belonging to the Simbu serogroup. Isolated from rabbits, hares and Culicoides sp in Kern County, California also New Mexico and Texas, USA. Probably present in other parts of the USA. Not reported to cause disease in humans. BVDV Bovine viral diarrhea virus. See bovine viral diarrhea virus. Bwamba virus BWAV A species in the genus Bunyavirus. With Pongola virus forms the Bwamba serogroup. Isolated from nine cases of fever in humans in Bwamba, Uganda....
murine gammaherpesvirus MHV68 See Murid herpesvirus 4
Murine hepatitis virus MHV A species in the genus Coronavirus. Serologically related to Rat coronavirus and sialo-dacryoadenitis virus of rats. Often a silent infection of laboratory mice which may be activated by passage of other viruses such as leukemia virus, or by cortisone, urethane or enterotoxin from Gramnegative bacteria, or by thymectomy. Injection of virus into mice infected with the parasite Eperythrozoon coccoides usually produces fatal hepatitis but in its absence there is often no...
equine morbillivirus EMV See Hendra virus
equine papillomavirus EqPV A possible species in the genus Papillomavirus. A natural infection of horses causing papillomas on the nose and lips, but can be transferred to the skin. Causes papil-lomas experimentally in horses, but not in other species. Synonym horse papillomavirus. Cook RH and Olson C 1957 Am J Pathol 27, 1087 equine parvovirus A possible species in the genus Parvovirus. Isolated from the liver of an aborted equine fetus. Hemagglutinates guinea pig, rhesus monkey and fowl...
parrot herpesvirus See psittacid herpesvirus 1
parrot papillomavirus A possible member of the Papillomavirus genus, family Papovaviridae. Parry Creek virus PCRV An unassigned vertebrate rhabdovirus. Isolated from mosquitoes, Culex annulirostris, in Australia. Some antigenic relationship to members of the genus Lyssavirus. Not known to cause disease in humans. Calisher CH et al 1989 Intervirology 30, 241 parsimony stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness An approach to the construction of a phylogenetic tree that selects the phylogeny that...
hemagglutininneuraminidase HN A
paramyxoviruses which has both hemag-glutinin and neuraminidase activities. Parainfluenza and rubulaviruses have this surface protein, but in morbilliviruses the equivalent protein has only hemaggluti-nation and no neuraminidase activity. hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus of pigs Synonym for Porcine hemaggluti-nating encephalitis virus. hemagglutinating virus of Japan Synonym for Sendai virus murine parainfluenza virus type 1 . hemagglutination Clumping of red blood cells, usually...
macropodid herpesvirus 2 MaHV2 An
unassigned species in the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae. Isolated from cultured cells of the dorcopsis wallaby, Dorcopsis muelleri luctuosa. The genome DNA is 135kb in length, G C 49.5 . Synonym dorcopsis wallaby herpesvirus. Johnson MA et al 1985 Arch Virol 85, 313 Johnson MA and Whalley JM 1987 Arch Virol 96, 153 mad cow disease A popular name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE . Madin-Darby bovine kidney MDBK cells The first permanent cell line of a large domestic animal, derived from...
Santa Rosa virus SARV A serotype of
Bunyamwera virus in the genus Bunyavirus. Isolated from the mosquito, Aedes angustivittatus, in Durango, Mexico. Santee-Cooper ranavirus SCRV A tentative species in the genus Ranavirus. Related viruses include largemouth bass virus, doctor fish virus and guppy virus 6. Sapphire II virus SAPV A serotype of Hughes virus in the genus Nairovirus. Isolated from swallow ticks, Argas cooleyi. Not reported to cause disease in humans. Yunker CE et al 1972 Acta Virol 16, 415 Sapporo calicivirus 82 Japan...
intergenic complementation See complementation
intergenic regions Non-coding sequences between the genes of a virus genome. These may be quite short, but in some viruses, e.g. the mononegavirales, there may be several hundred nucleotides between the coding sequences. Their function is not well understood. interjacent RNA 26S single-stranded RNA found in cells infected with certain Togaviridae, such as Semliki Forest virus. It has the same polarity as the viral RNA but shares only 1 3 of its base sequences from the 3' end it is thus termed...
Snowshoe hare virus SSHV A strain of
California encephalitis virus in the genus Bunyavirus, belonging to the California serogroup. Originally isolated from the blood of an emaciated hare, Lepus ameri-canus, caught in Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA. Isolated from lemmings, hares and mosquitoes in various parts of northern USA, Canada and Alaska. Antibodies found in humans and other animals. Distinguished from other members of the group by CFT, HAI or neutralization tests. Causes subclinical infection in humans. Gentsch J and...
cercopithecine herpesvirus 4 CeHV4 An
unassigned species in the family Herpesviridae. Isolated from a vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops. Synonym SA15 virus. Malherbe H and Harwin RS 1963 S Afr Med J 37, 407 Cercopithecine herpesvirus 5 CeHV-5 A species in the genus Cytomegalovirus. Isolated from vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, kidney and salivary gland cell cultures. Focal lesions were observed in monolayer cultures. Giant cells and eosinophilic inclusion bodies were seen. Synonyms African green monkey...
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S 1954-847-32 virus TURV A strain of Turlock virus in the genus Bunyavirus. SA virus A designation given to a virus isolated in hamster brain from nasal washings of a patient with a 'common cold'. A strain of parainfluenza virus type 5. Pathogenic for hamsters on i.c. injection. Antigenically identical to Simian virus SV5 and DA virus. Schultz EW and Habel K 1959 J Immun 82, 274 SA6 virus Synonym for cercopithecine her-pesvirus 3. SA8 virus Synonym for Cercopithecine herpesvirus 2. SA10 virus...
HART See hybrid arrested translation
Hartebeest malignant catarrhal fever virus Synonym for Alcelaphine herpesvirus 2. Hart Park virus HPV An unassigned species in the family Rhabdoviridae. With Flanders, Kamese, Mosqueiro and Mossuril viruses forms the Hart Park serogroup. Isolated from mosquitoes in California, USA. Serologically similar viruses have often been isolated in many parts of the USA and Canada. Multiplies in newborn mice on i.c. injection but poorly or not at all in embryonated eggs or cell cultures. Kills newborn...
Moloney murine leukemia virus MoMLV
A strain of Murine leukemia virus. Obtained from mouse sarcoma S37. Produces lymphoid leukemia in 3-4 months. Most active when injected into newborn mice. Also causes leukemia in rats. Moloney murine sarcoma virus MoMSV A species in the genus Gammaretrovirus, belonging to the mammalian virus group. Isolated from a BALB c mouse injected with Moloney leukemia virus. A replication defective, acute transforming virus which rapidly induces sarcomas in mice and transforms cells in culture. Appears to...
Kadipiro virus Java7075 KDVJa7075 A
Kaeng Khoi virus KKV A tentative species in the genus Bunyavirus. Not assigned to an antigenic group. Isolated from bats and rats caught in caves in Thailand. Not reported to cause disease in humans. Kaffir-pox virus Synonym for Variola virus. Kaikalur virus KAIV A strain of Shuni virus, a species in the genus Bunyavirus, belonging to the Simbu serogroup. Isolated in suckling mice and from a pool of mosquitoes, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, collected at Kaikalur, Andra Pradesh, India. Not known to...
avian monocytosis virus Synonym for infectious enteritis virus See also blue
Avian myeloblastosis virus AMV A replication-defective species in the genus Alpharetrovirus. The original strain, reported by Ellerman and Bang in 1908, has been lost. The most widely used strain is BAI strain A BAI denotes Bureau of Animal Industry which originated from a 1941 isolate from two birds with neurolymphomatosis. After several passages from nerve and bone marrow tissue a virus with leukemogenic activity was obtained. BAI strain A is a complex of several viruses. Two viruses, AMV-1...
Rabok virus See Tanjong Rabok virus
Raccoon parvovirus RPV A species in the genus Parvovirus. raccoon papillomavirus A species in the genus Papillomavirus. During a field trial of vaccinia-rabies recombinant oral vaccine for raccoons, on Parramore Island, VA, USA, two of 53 live-trapped raccoons had papillomatous lesions of the skin. Papillomavirus antigens were detected in the skin lesions by immunohistochem-istry using a broadly cross-reactive rabbit polyclonal antibody. Hamir AN et al 1995 J Vet Diag Invest 7, 549 Raccoonpox...
phalacrocoracid herpesvirus 1 PhHV
1 An unassigned species in the family Herpesviridae. Isolated on the CAM from a young little pied cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos. Other birds and rodents are resistant. No evidence of pathogenicity for cormorants. Replicates on the CAM, producing pocks. Synonyms cormorant herpesvirus 1 Lake Victoria cormorant herpesvirus. French EL et al 1973 Avian Pathol 2, 3 phasianid herpesvirus 1 Synonym for Gallid herpesvirus 1. phasianid herpesvirus 2 Synonym for Gallid herpesvirus 2.
Whitewater Arroyo virus WWAV A
species in the genus Arenavirus discovered in 1995 in pack rats, Neotoma albigula, in New Mexico, USA. One of the New World arenaviruses. Associated with cases of human disease in California in 2000. whooping cough viruses Although there is no doubt that Bordetella pertussis is the major cause of whooping cough, viruses may sometimes cause a similar syndrome. Virus-associated cases are most common in England in the winter and the viruses incriminated most often are adenovirus, respiratory...
blue gill virus See American oyster reovirus
Blue River virus A strain of Sin Nombre virus in the genus Hantavirus. Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus rodents from Indiana and Oklahoma in the MidWestern USA. Bluetongue virus BTV The type species of the genus Orbivirus. 24 serotypes can be identified by neutralization tests. There is a group-specific CF antigen. Causes a serious disease of sheep with a mortality of 5-30 . There is fever, edema of the head and neck, cyanosis, erosions around the mouth, sometimes pulmonary edema and lameness...
anguillid herpesvirus 1 AngHV1 An
unassigned herpes virus isolated from Japanese and European eels which grows in an eel kidney cell line, has typical her-pesvirus morphology, and induces syncytia and intranuclear inclusions. Has not been associated with morbidity or mortality in eels. Ueno Y et al 1992 Gyobyo Kenkyu 27, 7 Kobayashi T and Miyazaki T 1997 Fish Pathol 32, 89 Anhanga virus ANHV A tentative species in the genus Phlebovirus. Not serologically related to existing antigenic complexes of that genus. Isolated from the...
goat herpesvirus CpHV1 Synonym for
goat papillomatosis A natural infection of some herds, but not common the papil-lomas may become malignant. The virus has not yet been isolated. Moulton JE 1954 North Am Vet 35, 29 Goatpox virus GTPV A species in the genus Capripoxvirus. Clinically causes a disease similar to sheeppox, but the disease in goats takes a milder course. Causes focal epidermal lesions which proceed through papule, vesicle and pustule stages to scab formation. Lesions are usually on the udder, teats, scrotum, inside...
benign epidermal monkeypox virus
benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis virus Synonym for cat-scratch disease virus, now known to be a tick-borne rickettsial agent, Bartonella henselae. bent DNA DNA molecules bend when continuous dA.dT tracks of at least three contiguous dAs are repeated at an interval of 10.5bp, equivalent to one turn of the DNA helix. This may result in retarded mobility during polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Bent DNA may facilitate initiation of DNA replication and transcription. Has been found in...
dengue viruses 14 DENV14 Four
serotypes of Dengue virus in the genus Flavivirus which together with Kedougou virus form the dengue virus serogroup. Double diffusion tests reveal a common antigen and specific antigens. Type 1 occurs in South-East Asia from India to Japan and Hawaii, with temporary spread to Greece, South Africa and Australia. The virus is not endemic in Japan except for a transient outbreak in the 1940s. Type 2 occurs in South-East Asia, central America and the Caribbean. Types 3 and 4 occur in Thailand and...
pig rotaviruses See porcine rotavirus
pig's blue eye disease Viral-induced disease of swine with characteristic corneal opacity accompanied by neurological, reproductive and respiratory alterations. See Porcine rubulavirus. Synonym La-Piedad-Michoacan-Mexico virus LPMV . pig-tailed macaque parvovirus A probable species in the genus Erythrovirus. Isolated from pig-tailed macaques Macaca nemest-rina with anemia following experimental immunosuppression. Green SW et al 2000 Virology 269, 105 pigeon adenovirus PiAdV A tentative species...
Yaba monkey tumor virus YMTV A
species in the genus Yatapoxvirus causing benign fibrous tumors of the head and limbs of rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys, which may ulcerate before regressing. First seen in captive rhesus monkeys in 1958 in Yaba, Nigeria. Natural host probably an African primate, with transmission by insect vectors in the wild. Workers in contact with infected animals often become infected and have local disease, with fever in some cases. Experimental infection in humans causes a small nodule which regresses....
cockatoo enterolike virus CELV An
unassigned virus in the family Picornaviridae. cockle agent A virus resembling a par-vovirus found in many outbreaks of gastroenteritis involving ingestion of shellfish or cold foods. See cockle virus. cockle virus A probable species in the genus Erythrovirus. A virus associated with gastroenteritis following ingestion of cockles. Particles 25-26nm, distinct from Norwalk virus, later found to have a single-stranded DNA genome with sequence homology to B19 virus. Appleton H and Pereira MS 1977...
homologous interference See interference
homology The degree of relatedness between the nucleotide sequences of two nucleic acid molecules or the amino acid sequences of two protein molecules. Hybridization experiments can produce useful information but, for critical analyses, sequence data are needed. Hong Kong virus Synonym for Influenza A virus isolated in Hong Kong in 1968, which caused a global pandemic of Influenza A H3N2 infection. horizontal transmission Transmission between animals of any age after birth, usually excluding...
ALT See alanine aminotransferase
Altamira virus ALTV A serotype of Changuinola virus in the genus Orbivirus belonging to the Changuinola virus serogroup. Isolated from phlebotomine sandflies in the Amazon region of Brazil. ALVAC An attenuated vaccine strain of Canarypox virus which is under development as a potential poxvirus-vector vaccine for use in humans. Replicates only minimally in mammalian cells, but expresses recombinant genes sufficiently to cause an immune response. Paoletti E 1996 Proc Natl Acad Sci, 93, 11354...
Porcine teschovirus 1 PTV1 An un
assigned species in the family Picornaviridae. Originally called porcine enterovirus serotype 1, the only serotype to cause serious disease. First recognized in 1930 in Teschen, in the Czech republic, and described as a virulent, highly fatal non-suppurative encephalomyelitis in which lesions were present throughout the central nervous system. Later, a less severe form of the disease was recognized in the UK and called Talfan disease. The disease causes fever, convulsions and paralysis which...
bovine hemadsorbing enteric virus
bovine herpes mammillitis virus Synonym for Bovine herpesvirus 2. Bovine herpesvirus 1 BoHV-1 A species in the genus Varicellovirus. A natural worldwide infection in cattle, but antibodies can also be found in mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, and ferrets are susceptible to disease in the USA. Wild ruminants in Africa are probably the original host. The virus has also been isolated from soft-shelled ticks, Ornithodorus coriaceus, collected from mule deer in western USA, but it is not clear...
Liverpool vervet herpesvirus Synonym for
Ljungan virus LV An unassigned virus in the family Picornaviridae. May be a species in the genus Parechovirus. Isolated from bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, near the Ljungan river in Medelpad County, Sweden. Causes mild CPE without cell lysis in Vero or GMK cells. Particles are 27 nm diameter. Some sequence similarity is seen in the 5' non-coding region with mengo virus, and in other regions of the genome with echovirus 22. No firm link with disease in humans. Niklasson B et al 1999...
Lebombo virus 1 LEBV1 The only
Lechiguanas virus A strain of Andes virus in the genus Hantavirus, isolated from Oligoryzomys flavescens. Has caused human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Le Dantec virus LeDV An unassigned species in the family Rhabdoviridae. With Keuraliba virus forms serogroup 4, the Le Dantec group. Isolated in Senegal from a girl with liver and spleen enlargement. Confined to W Africa save for rare exceptions a dock worker in Wales suffered a severe febrile illness after contracting Le Dantec virus...
hydroxyethoxymethylguanine See acycloguanosine
hydroxyphosphonylmethoxycytosine HPMPC An antiviral compound, also known as cidofovir, which appears to be active against several species of her-pesviruses. hyperchromic effect Increase in absorbance of light of wavelength 260nm by DNA at the melting point or transition temperature. hyperimmune serum Serum from an animal which has received two or more injections of a foreign antigen for the purpose of producing a reagent for use in serology. hypersensitivity A state of altered reactivity in...
septicemia anserum exudative virus
Synonym for Derzsy's disease of geese, caused by Goose parvovirus. sequence The order of nucleotides in RNA or DNA or of amino acids in a polypep-tide. sequencing Determination of the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein. See DNA sequencing, Sanger method, Maxam and Gilbert method and Edman degradation. serine-threonine kinase A cellular enzyme related to protein kinase C which is a target for several oncogenes, including Akt, Raf and Ras. Akt is the...
Mahogany hammock virus MHV A
serotype of Guama virus in the genus Bunyavirus. Isolated from mosquitoes and a cotton rat in Florida. Not known to cause disease in humans. Mahoney strain A strain of human poliovirus 1 isolated in 1941 in Michigan from a pool of stool specimens of three Mahoney children aged 10, 8 and 3 years. Maiden virus MDNV A serotype of Great Island virus in the genus Orbivirus. Main Drain virus MDV A species in the genus Bunyavirus, belonging to the Bunyamwera serogroup. Isolated from the hare, Lepus...
Ingwavuma virus INGV A strain of
Manzanilla virus in the genus Bunyavirus. Isolated from pigs in Taiwan and Thailand, and from birds in S Africa, Nigeria and the Central African Republic. Also found in India and Cyprus. Mosquito-borne. Not reported to cause disease in humans. INH-95551 virus A strain of Guanarito virus in the family Arenaviridae. Inhangapi virus A possible species in the genus Vesiculovirus. Isolated from phle-botomine flies in the Amazon region of Brazil. Not known to cause disease in humans. Inini virus INIV...
SMON virus See subacute myeloopticoneuropathy virus
smooth dogfish herpesvirus A virus identified by electron microscopy of skin lesions of smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis. Leibovitz L et al 1985 J Fish Dis 8, 273 smooth membrane The region of the endo-plasmic reticulum to which few or no ribosomes are attached. See rough membrane. snake adenovirus SnAdV-1 An unas-signed virus in the family Adenoviridae. An adenovirus-like agent was isolated from a moribund royal python, Python regius. Adenovirus-shaped particles measuring 67-79 nm diameter were...
exotic ungulate encephalopathy See prion diseases
expressed genes The basic functional units of DNA, identified by cloning mRNAs and sequencing individual cDNAs. Also called ESTs or 'expressed sequence tags'. Martin KJ and Pardee AR 2000 Proc Natl Acad Sci 97, 3789 expression vector A cloning vector which expresses protein from genetically inserted foreign genes. The vector normally contains a strong promoter which is inducible and a strong initiation site for translation. Both eukaryotic and prokary-otic vectors can be used their suitability...
pseudoaphthous stomatitis of cattle virus
Synonym for Bovine papular stomatitis virus, although other viruses may cause the same clinical picture. Pseudocowpox virus PCPV A species in the genus Parapoxvirus. Similar to Orf virus. Causes hemispherical cherry-red papules on the udders of cows and the hands of milkers. Can be propagated in human cell cultures. Synonyms natural cowpox virus paravaccinia virus milker's nodule virus. pseudoknot A secondary structure in a viral mRNA which slows movement of the ribosome and may cause a...
phlebotomus fever serogroup An old
grouping of viruses within the genus Phlebovirus which included Rift valley fever virus, Sandfly fever Naples virus and others which are serologically related. phlebotomus fever viruses Five viruses Candiru, Chagres, Punta Toro and Sandfly fever viruses of Naples and Sicilian types can cause phlebotomus fever in humans, although only SF-Naples virus and SF-Sicilian virus have caused large outbreaks. They are anti-genically distinct from each other. Isolated from humans in Italy, Egypt, Iran and...
Duncan syndrome See Duncans disease
dunkop Means 'thin-head' and is the local name for the pulmonary form of African horse sickness. duovirus Synonym for rotavirus. Name refers to the double-shelled construction of the virus particle. duplex Having two parts. Often used to describe the double strand of nucleic acid. dUTPase An enzyme which hydrolyzes dUTP to dUMP, making dUMP available for conversion to dTMP by thymidylate synthetase. A dUTPase is encoded by several herpesviruses, but the gene does not appear to be essential for...
walleye epidermal hyperplasia See percid herpesvirus 1
Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus 1 WEHV-1 A species in the genus Epsilonretrovirus. Causes discrete epidermal hyperplasia on the skin of walleyes distinct from the diffuse epidermal hyperplasia caused by percid herpesvirus 1. The virus is distinguishable from Walleye dermal sarcoma virus by phyloge-netic analysis of the genome. Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus 2 WEHV-2 A species in the genus Epsilonretrovirus. Causes discrete epidermal hyperplasia on the skin of walleyes. Nucleotide...
SpAr 2317 virus SPAV A strain of
Tacaiuma virus in the genus Bunyavirus, belonging to the Anopheles A serogroup. Isolated from mosquitoes, Anopheles sp. Not reported to cause disease in humans. Calisher CH et al 1980 Bull Pan Am Hlth Org 14, 386 Sp 1 K NBL-10 cells CCL 78 A hetero-ploid cell line derived from trypsinized kidney tissue of the Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella plagiodon. The line was developed to allow viral studies to be made in the cells of a marine mammal. spaceflight and viruses The stress of being launched...
SDSpolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels of proteins denatured with the anionic detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate SDS . The treatment with SDS usually gives proteins equal charge per unit molecular weight and thus the proteins are separated according to their molecular weight. sea-bass virus-1 SBV An unassigned virus in the family Picornaviridae. seal distemper virus A strain of Phocine distemper virus in the family Barrett T et al 1999 In Encyclopedia of Virology, Second edition, edited by A...
pustular dermatitis of camels virus A
possible species in the genus Parapoxvirus. Causes pustular dermatitis in camels. Roslyakov AA 1972 Vopr Virus 17, 26 P1-1-Ut NBL-9 cells CCL 74 A hetero-ploid cell line derived from trypsinized uterine tissue of an adult raccoon, Procyon lotor. Developed for studies of canine and feline viruses, since the raccoon is one of the few animals known to be susceptible to both groups. Puumala virus PUUV A species in the genus Hantavirus. A natural infection of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus...
hemadsorbing enteric virus of calves
hemadsorption Adsorption of erythrocytes to the surface of virus-infected cells. Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae and Togaviridae, which bud from the cell surface, confer this property on the cell. When erythrocytes are added to the culture medium, adsorption to the infected cells makes it possible to identify them in cultures which may show no other indication of infection. hemadsorption inhibition A serologic test in which hemadsorption is inhibited by the interaction of the serum antibodies...