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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Caliciviridae

Preferred term

Caliciviridae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Nebovirus
  • Neboviruses

Note

  • infection = CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A family of RNA viruses infecting a broad range of animals. Most individual species are restricted to their natural hosts. They possess a characteristic six-pointed starlike shape whose surfaces have cup-shaped (chalice) indentions. Transmission is by contaminated food, water, fomites, and occasionally aerosolization of secretions. Genera include LAGOVIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUSES; SAPPORO-LIKE VIRUSES; and VESIVIRUS.

History note

  • 82; was CALICIVIRUSES 1979-81; CALICIVIRUSES was see CALICVIRIDAE 1993

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002139

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