| Shope fibroma | A connective tissue tumour of cottontail rabbits caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus and found by Shope to be transmissible with cellular suspensions or Berkefeld filtrates; it is related to myxomatosis and is used in Europe as a source of vaccine to protect against the myxoma virus. Synonym: rabbit fibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Shope fibroma virus | <virology> Poxvirus associated with the production of benign skin tumours in rabbits. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Shope papilloma | A papillomatous growth found in wild cottontail rabbits that is caused by a virus in the family Papovaviridae and can be transferred to domestic rabbits where it will cause similar growths. A high percentage of these growths may become malignant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Shope papilloma virus | <virology> Papovavirus that produces papillomas (warts) in rabbits. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Shope, Richard | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1902-1966. See: Shope fibroma, Shope fibroma virus, Shope papilloma, Shope papilloma virus. (05 Mar 2000) |