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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 encephalomyelitis virus — Men·go encephalomyelitis, virus (menґgo) [Mengo district in Uganda, where the disease was first seen in 1948] see under encephalomyelitis and virus … Medical dictionary
Mengo encephalomyelitis — a type of encephalomyelitis seen in monkeys and mongooses in East Africa, caused by an encephalomyocarditis virus … Medical dictionary
EMC virus — encephalomyocarditis virus a virus of the genus Cardiovirus found in Africa, South America, and elsewhere, which causes mild aseptic meningitis in humans and encephalomyocarditis in pigs and certain nonhuman primates. There are several different… … 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
Cardiovirus — A genus of RNA viruses in the family Picornaviridae that are rarely associated with human disease and are recovered frequently from rodents, i.e., Columbia S.K. virus, mengo virus. * * * Car·dio·vi·rus (kahrґde o vi″rəs) [cardio (1) +… … Medical dictionary
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
Kampala — 0° 19′ 00″ N 32° 35′ 00″ E / 0.31666, 32.58333 … Wikipédia en Français
Tak Wah Mak — (* 1945[1][2] oder 1946[3] in Südchina) ist ein chinesisch kanadischer Immunbiologe und Krebsforscher und Professor an der University of Toronto. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
men|go|vi|rus — «MEHNG goh VY ruhs», noun. a virus that causes encephalomyocarditis. It belongs to the picornavirus group. ╂[< Mengo, probably name of the discoverer + virus] … Useful english dictionary
