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VISNA — Visna/maedi virus * * * vis·na vis nə n ovine progressive pneumonia of a chronic encephalitic form that is characterized typically by demyelination in the central nervous system and that leads eventually to paralysis see MAEDI * * * vis·na… … Medical dictionary
VISNA — • Visna/maedi virus … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Visna — Maedi Visna ist eine durch das Maedi Visna Virus (MVV) hervorgerufene Infektionskrankheit bei Schafen. „Maedi“ und „Visna“ leiten sich aus isländischen Bezeichnungen ab (isländisch: Maedi, „Atemnot“ und Visna, „Müdigkeit“). Dieses Retrovirus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
visna — /vis neuh/, n. Vet. Pathol. a disease of sheep, caused by a quickly mutating lentivirus, and affecting the central nervous system. [1955 60; < ON visna to wither] … Useful english dictionary
Visna virus — Virus classification Group: Group VI (ssRNA RT) Family: Retroviridae Subfamily: Orthoretrovirinae … Wikipedia
Visna-Maedi-Virus — Maedi Visna Virus Systematik Reich: Viren Baltimore K. (RNA Retroviren) VI Familie: Retroviridae Unterfamilie: Orthoretrovirinae … Deutsch Wikipedia
Visna virus — Visna virus Clasificación de los virus Grupo: VI (Virus ARN monocat … Wikipedia Español
Visna-maedi virus — A retrovirus of sheep and goats. A member of the Lentivirinae, related to HIV. First identified in Iceland when it was introduced by sheep imported from Germany, and causes two diseases: maedi, the most common, is a pulmonary infection (maedi is… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Visna-maëdi — Le visna maëdi est une maladie qui touche des ovins, causée par le Virus Visna Maëdi, un rétrovirus de la famille des lentivirus. Portail de la virologie … Wikipédia en Français
visna/maedi virus — a species of the genus Lentivirus that causes ovine progressive pneumonia (maedi or visna). Called also maedi/visna v … Medical dictionary
