| MTV | mammary tumor virus; metatarsus varus; mouse mammary tumor virus |
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| RSV | respiratory syncytial virus; right subclavian vein; Rous sarcoma virus |
| SSV | Schoolman-Schwartz virus; simian sarcoma virus |
| VIA | virus inactivating agent; virus infection-associated antigen |
| EBO | Ebola [disease or virus] |
| reticuloendotheliosis virus, avian | A species of reticuloendotheliosis viruses of the genus retroviruses type b, mammalian that causes a chronic neoplastic and a more acute immunosuppressive disease in fowl. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| goatpox virus | A virus of the genus Capripoxvirus; the cause of goatpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mengo virus | <virology> A strain of encephalomyocarditis virus, a species of cardiovirus, isolated from rodents and lagomorphs and occasionally causing febrile illness in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Chagres virus | A virus in the family Bunyaviridae, an agent of bunyavirus encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graffi's virus | A mouse myeloleukaemia virus from filtrates of transplantable tumours; possibly related to Gross' virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chicken anaemia virus | The type species of circovirus, a small, non-enveloped DNA virus originally isolated from contaminated vaccines in japan. It causes chicken infectious anaemia and may possibly play a key role in haemorrhagic anaemia syndrome, anaemia dermatitis, and blue wing disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chicken embryo lethal orphan virus | <virology> A virus with characteristics of adenovirus, and similar to quail bronchitis virus. Synonym: chicken embryo lethal orphan virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chickenpox 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) |
| chikungunya virus | A species of alphavirus causing an acute dengue-like fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| green monkey virus | <organism, virology> A filovirus that causes Marburg disease, a severe haemorrhagic fever developed in many people who work with African green monkeys. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Rida virus | A variant of the scrapie agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rift valley fever virus | A mosquito-borne species of the phlebovirus genus and member of the sandfly fever group viruses found in eastern, central, and southern africa, producing massive hepatitis, abortion, and death in sheep, goats, cattle, and other animals. It also has caused disease in humans. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gross' leukaemia virus | A strain of mouse leukaemia virus. Synonym: Gross' leukaemia virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rinderpest virus | A species of morbillivirus causing cattle plague, a disease with high mortality. Sheep, goats, pigs, and other animals of the order artiodactyla can also be infected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gross virus | A murine leukaemia virus obtained from inbred mice with a high incidence of spontaneous lymphoid leukaemia. Infection is passed by vertical transmission from one generation to another through the ovum. (12 Dec 1998) |