| mouse poliomyelitis | Encephalomyelitis due to the mouse encephalomyelitis virus (a species of Enterovirus) which is not pathogenic in monkeys or in man, but attacks mouse colonies and causes a flaccid paralysis, usually of the hind limbs. Synonym: mouse poliomyelitis, Theiler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mouse poliomyelitis virus | A virus of the genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae, normally associated with inapparent infections and found in the intestinal tracts of infected mice, occasionally causing mouse encephalomyelitis in experimentally inoculated susceptible mice. Synonym: mouse poliomyelitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse thymic virus | An unclassified ether-sensitive virus, 75 to 100 nm in diameter, that causes necrosis of the thymus in young mice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse-tooth forceps | A forceps with one or two fine points at the tip of each blade, fitting into hollows between the points on the opposite blade. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse unit | The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit. Synonym: mouse unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multimammate mouse | An African rodent, Praomys natalensis, widely used in cancer research. (05 Mar 2000) |
| xid mouse | <genetics> A lab mouse that has a Y-linked immune deficiency gene. (06 May 1997) |
| sea mouse | <zoology> A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides. The dunlin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nude mouse | A hairless mutant mouse with thymic hypoplasia, lacking T-cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theiler's mouse encephalomyelitis virus | A virus in the family Picornaviridae. Synonym: Theiler's original virus, Theiler's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| african swine fever-like viruses | An unnamed, unclassified genus of DNA viruses with a single species: african swine fever virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alpha viruses | <virology> These are the major viruses in the Togavirus group and include eastern and western equine encephalitis viruses, the Sindbis virus and the Semliki Forest virus. The last two viruses are being researched as vectors for expressing heterologous genes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| animal viruses | Virus's occurring in man and other animals, causing inapparent infection or producing disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bunyamwera group viruses | A large group of viruses from many parts of the world assigned to the bunyavirus genus of the family bunyaviridae. They are transmitted by mosquitoes and infect humans in some areas. This group contains the type species of the genus, bunyamwera virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| california group viruses | A group of viruses in the bunyavirus genus of the bunyaviridae family. They are found in temperate and arctic regions and each is closely associated with a single species of vector mosquito. The vertebrate hosts are usually small mammals but several virus species infect humans. (12 Dec 1998) |