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encephalomyocarditis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1947 an acute febrile disease especially of swine and some nonhuman primates caused by a picornavirus (species Encephalomyocarditis virus of the genus Cardiovirus) and marked by degeneration and inflammation of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
encephalomyocarditis — Associated encephalitis and myocarditis; often caused by a viral infection such as in poliomyelitis. * * * en·ceph·a·lo·myo·car·di·tis .mī ə kär dīt əs n an acute febrile virus disease that affects numerous vertebrates including humans but is of… … Medical dictionary
encephalomyocarditis — enˈsefəlōˌ noun Etymology: New Latin, from encephal + myocarditis : an acute febrile virus disease of various vertebrates that is caused by any of several strains of a picornavirus (genus Cardiovirus) and that causes a serious condition in swine… … Useful english dictionary
Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… … Medical dictionary
Mengo virus — a strain of encephalomyocarditis virus that was first isolated in Uganda from a monkey with encephalomyelitis, and later from mosquitoes and a mongoose in the same area; it was later found to be the cause of an epizootic disease of pigs in Panama … Medical dictionary
MM virus — a strain of encephalomyocarditis virus that was first isolated from the brain of a hamster previously inoculated with material from a human case of paralytic disease … Medical dictionary
List of viruses — This is a list of biological viruses. See also List of computer viruses This is a list of biological viruses, and types of viruses. Please add to this list as appropriate. Note that some of these terms may be synonyms for the same virus; if there … Wikipedia
A partial list of zoonoses — ▪ Table A partial list of zoonoses disease causative organism animals principally involved Viral diseases arbovirus infections febrile illnesses hemorrhagic fever epidemic nephrosonephritis encephalitis (mosquito borne and tick borne) … Universalium
Encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis occurs, for example, in 1 in 1,000 cases of measles. It may start (up to 3 weeks) after onset of the measles rash and present with high fever, convulsions, and coma. It usually runs a blessedly short course … Medical dictionary
Poliovirus — Taxobox | color=violet name = Poliovirus image caption = TEM micrograph of poliovirus virions. virus group = iv familia = Picornaviridae genus = Enterovirus species = Poliovirus Poliovirus, the causative agent of poliomyelitis, is a human… … Wikipedia
