Marek's disease

Marek's disease
Mar·ek's disease 'mar-iks-, 'mer- n a highly contagious virus disease of poultry that is characterized esp. by proliferation of lymphoid cells and is caused by either of two herpesviruses (Gallid herpesvirus 2 and Gallid herpesvirus 3)
Mar·ek 'mȯ-rek Jozsef (1867-1952)
Hungarian veterinarian. Marek first described the cancerous disease known as Marek's disease in 1907.

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