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Theilovirus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of CARDIOVIRUS which contains three strains: Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus, Vilyuisk human encephalomyelitis virus, and Rat encephalomyelitis virus. A strain of THEILOVIRUS that can be divided into two biological subgroups which both infect mice. One causes an acute and fatal polioencephalomyelitis and the other causes a chronic persistent demyelinating infection of the white matter. (7th ICTV Report, p668-9)

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Synonym(s)

  • txid12571
  • txid204711

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FV9X5BCC-4

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