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Viruses > DNA Viruses > Circoviridae > Circovirus

Preferred term

Circovirus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A genus of the family CIRCOVIRIDAE that infects SWINE; PSITTACINES; and non-psittacine BIRDS. Species include Beak and feather disease virus causing a fatal disease in psittacine birds, and Porcine circovirus causing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs (PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • txid39725
  • txid46221
  • txid77856

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M3K0NLW4-T

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