| FPV | feline pseudoleukopenia virus; fowl plague virus |
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| ASTMH | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| DTCH | Diploma in Tropical Child Health |
| DTH | delayed-type hypersensitivity; Diploma in Tropical Hygiene |
| DTM | dermatophyte test medium; Diploma in Tropical Medicine |
| fowl erythroblastosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |
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| fowl leukosis | A group of transmissible, virus-induced diseases of chickens, characterised by proliferation of immature erythroid, myeloid, or lymphoid cells. It includes both leukaemic and solid-tumour forms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fowl lymphomatosis | avian lymphomatosis |
| fowl lymphomatosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |
| fowl myeloblastosis virus | avian leukosis-sarcoma complex |
| fowl neurolymphomatosis virus | The herpesvirus that causes avian lymphomatosis (Marek's disease); is distinct from those causing other forms of leukosis. Synonym: avian lymphomatosis virus, fowl neurolymphomatosis virus, Marek's disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl paralysis | See: avian lymphomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl pest | Infection of domestic and wild fowl and other birds with influenza a virus, avian. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fowl plague | Infection of domestic and wild fowl and other birds with influenza a virus, avian. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fowl plague virus | <virology> A type A influenza virus (genus Influenzavirus) that causes fowl plague. Synonym: fowl plague virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fowl typhoid | A septicaemic disease of chickens and turkeys, caused by Salmonella gallinarum; some human infections with this organism have been reported. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocytic anaemia tropical | The macrocytic, megaloblastic anaemia of tropical sprue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraparesis, tropical spastic | Subacute paralytic myeloneuropathy occurring endemically in tropical areas such as the caribbean, colombia, india, and africa, as well as in the southwestern region of japan; associated with infection by type I human lymphotropic retrovirus (HTLV-I). Toxic nutritional factors have largely been ruled out as the cause of this syndrome, the primary clinical feature of which is progressive weakness of the legs and lower body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sprue, tropical | A malabsorption syndrome occurring in the tropics and subtropics. Protein malnutrition is usually precipitated by the malabsorption, and anaemia due to folic acid deficiency is particularly common. Administration of antibiotics (especially tetracycline) and folic acid usually results in remission. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tropical | 1. Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases. 2. [From Trope] Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. "The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it." (South) Tropic month. See Lunar month, under Month. Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes. Origin: Cf. L. Tropicus of turning, Gr. See Tropic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |