enterovirus meaning
- Noun: enterovirus `enturow'vIurus
- Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)
Derived forms: enteroviruses
Type of: picornavirus
Encyclopedia: Enterovirus
[Medicine]
A genus of the family PICORNAVIRIDAE whose members preferentially inhabit the intestinal tract of a variety of hosts. The genus contains many species. Newly described members of human enteroviruses are assigned continuous numbers with the species designated human enterovirus. n : any of a group of picornaviruses (as the causative agent of poliomyelitis) that typically occur in the gastrointestinal tract but may be involved in respiratory ailments, meningitis, and neurological disorders — en·tero·vi·ral adj
- bovine enterovirus: [Medicine]A specie ...
- enterovirus 70: [Medicine]A specie ...
- enterovirus-70: [Medicine]A specie ...
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- diagnostic techniques for enterovirus encephalomyelitis
- surveillance of ill cases for enterovirus infections
- hand-foot-mouth disease and enterovirus 71 infection in hong kong
- standard practice for recovery of enteroviruses from waters
- in 2006, the total number of enterovirus infections was 531