| SGF | sarcoma growth factor; skeletal growth factor |
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| SIS | semantic indexing system; serotinin irritation syndrome; simian sarcoma; simulator-induced syndrome;... |
| src | Rous sarcoma oncogene |
| RS virus | Respiratory Synthitial virus |
| ADV | adenovirus; adventitia; Aleutian disease virus; Aujeszky disease virus |
| vacuolating virus | Any of a number of virus's, belonging to various families, isolated from monkeys or from cultures of monkey cells. Synonym: vacuolating virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| radiation leukaemia virus | A murine leukaemia virus isolated from radiation-induced lymphomas in c57bl mice. It is leukemogenic, thymotrophic, can be transmitted vertically, and replicates only in vivo. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gallus adeno-like virus | A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, not known to be associated with natural disease. Synonym: gallus adeno-like virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| GAL virus | A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, not known to be associated with natural disease. Synonym: gallus adeno-like virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maedi virus | A retrovirus (subfamily Lentivirinae) that is the cause of maedi; it is very similar to the visna virus Synonym: medi virus, progressive pneumonia virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicella zoster virus | <virology> The cause of chicken pox in children. Its reactivation in adults causes shingles (see). (09 Oct 1997) |
| varicella-zoster virus | A herpesvirus, morphologically identical to herpes simplex virus, that causes varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster in man; varicella results from a primary infection with the virus; herpes zoster results from secondary invasion by the same virus or by reactivation of infection which in many instances has been latent for many years. Synonym: chickenpox virus, herpes zoster virus, human herpesvirus 3. (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicella-zoster virus protease | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: vzv protease, gene 33 product, vzv (26 Jun 1999) |
| variola virus | <virology> Virus responsible for smallpox. Said to have been completely eradicated. Large DNA virus (brick like, 250-390nm x 20-260nm) with complex outer and inner membranes (not derived from plasma membrane of host cell). (18 Nov 1997) |
| malignant catarrhal fever virus | A herpesvirus of wide distribution causing malignant catarrhal fever of cattle; sheep and wildebeests harbor inapparent infections and may transmit the virus to cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| panleukopenia virus of cats | A virus of the genus Parvovirus that causes panleukopenia; the virus infects all Felidae, raccoons and mink, but not dogs or other Canidae. Synonym: cat distemper virus, panleukopenia virus of cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| VEE virus | A group A arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae, occurring in Venezuela and several other South American countries, in Panama and Trinidad, and occasionally the United States causing Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in horses and humans; it seems to be more viscerotropic than neurotropic; the virus is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. Synonym: VEE virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastroenteritis virus, murine | A species of the coronavirus genus causing hepatitis in mice. Four strains have been identified as mhv 1, mhv 2, mhv 3, and mhv 4 (also known as jhm, which is neurotropic and causes disseminated encephalomyelitis with demyelination as well as focal liver necrosis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastroenteritis virus, porcine transmissible | A species of coronavirus causing a fatal disease to pigs under 3 weeks old. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastroenteritis virus type A | A RNA virus, about 27 nm in diameter, which has not been cultured in vitro; it is the cause of epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis; at least five antigenically distinct serotypes have been recognised, including the Norwalk agent. These viruses are probably classified with the Caliciviruses in the family Caliciviridae. Synonym: gastroenteritis virus type A. (05 Mar 2000) |