| parvovirus | A genus of the family parvoviridae, subfamily parvovirinae, infecting a variety of vertebrates including humans. Parvoviruses are responsible for a number of important diseases but also can be non-pathogenic in certain hosts. The type species is mice minute virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Parvovirus B 19 | A small 20 mm single stranded DNA virus belonging to the family Parvoviridae that is associated with erythema infectiosum (fifth disese) and aplastic crisis in patients with haemolytic anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parvovirus b19, human | The sole species of erythrovirus and the aetiological agent of erythema infectiosum, a disease most commonly seen in school-age children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parvovirus, canine | A species host range variant (subspecies) of feline parvovirus (parvovirus, feline) of the genus parvovirus. It causes a highly infectious fulminating enteritis in dogs producing high mortality. It is distinct from minute virus of canines, another parvovirus which is sometimes also called canine parvovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parvovirus, feline | A species of parvovirus chiefly affecting young cats in endemic areas, but all felines are susceptible, even lions and tigers. It also affects mink and raccoons. Host range variants (called subspecies by some authors) include feline panleukopenia virus, mink enteritis virus, canine parvovirus (parvovirus, canine), and raccoon parvovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| canine parvovirus 2 | A virus causing canine parvovirus disease in dogs, an acute enteritis with panleukopenia and myocarditis. See: canine parvovirus disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| canine parvovirus disease | An acute disease of dogs with a variable mortality rate caused by the canine parvovirus; seen in three distinct clinical forms; a generalised neonatal disease, a severe nonsuppurative myocarditis, and a frequently fatal enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goose parvovirus | A virus causing goose viral hepatitis in geese and Muscovy ducks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine parvovirus | A virus causing stillbirths, abortions, foetal deaths, mummifications, and infertility in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |