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Viruses > DNA Viruses > Circoviridae > Circovirus

Preferred term

Circovirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Beak and feather disease virus
  • Circoviruses, Porcine
  • Porcine Circovirus
  • Porcine Circoviruses

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of the family CIRCOVIRIDAE that infects SWINE; PSITTACINES; and non-psittacine BIRDS. Species include Beak and feather disease virus causing a fatal disease in psittacine birds, and Porcine circovirus causing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs (PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME).

History note

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017925

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