Virus
aphthovirus
Subclass of:
Family Picornaviridae
Definitions related to aphthovirus:
  • A genus of non-enveloped, spherical viruses with T=pseudo3 icosahedral capsid, in the family Picornaviridae. The genome is composed of a linear, single-strand of positive sense, naked RNA. Aphthoviruses are found in cloven-hooved animals and cause foot-and-mouth disease in humans.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family PICORNAVIRIDAE infecting mainly cloven-hoofed animals. They cause vesicular lesions and upper respiratory tract infections. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS is the type species.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Aphthovirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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