Picornaviridae
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Picornaviridae
(pē′kör·nə′vir·ə′dī)
(virology) A viral family made up of the small (18-30 nanometers) ether-sensitive viruses that lack an envelope and have a Togaviridae genome, contains the genera Enterovirus (human polio), Cardiovirus (mengo), Rhinovirus (common cold), and Aphtovirus (foot-and-mouth disease).
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Picornaviridae
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Picornaviridae
A viral family made up of the small (18–30 nanometer) ether-sensitive viruses that lack an envelope and have a ribonucleic acid (RNA) genome. The name is derived from “pico” meaning very small, and RNA for the nucleic acid type. Picornaviruses of human origin include the following subgroups: enteroviruses (polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses) and rhinoviruses. There are also picornaviruses of lower animals (for example, bovine foot-and-mouth disease, a rhinovirus). See also Animal virus; Coxsackievirus; Echovirus; Enterovirus; Foot-and-mouth disease; Poliomyelitis; Rhinovirus.
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Pi·cor·na·vir·i·dae
(pē-kôr'nə-vēr'ĭ-dē)
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A family of very small nonenveloped viruses having a core of single-stranded RNA and including the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses.
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Picornaviridae
A family of small (25 nm diameter), nonenveloped single-stranded, plus sense RNA viruses, the members of which cause a variety of diseases including poliomyelitis of humans (genus Enterovirus), respiratory disease in cattle (Rhinovirus), encephalomyocarditis in pigs (Cardiovirus), foot-and-mouth disease and equine rhinitis A (genus Aphthovirus), porcine encephalomyelitis (genus Teschovirus), avian encephalomyelitis and hepatitis A of humans (genus Hepatovirus) and equine rhinitis B viruses (genus Erbovirus).
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Picornaviridae
(pīkôr′nə-vir′i-dā)
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One of the major ribonucleic acid virus families, to which the polio-, rhino-, entero-, and hepatitis A viruses belong. Viruses in this family have a single-stranded, nonseg-mented, linear molecular structure with icosahedral symmetry.
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