Virus
bocavirus
Subclass of:
Parvovirinae
Definitions related to bocavirus:
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(bocaparvovirus) Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Bocaparvovirus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A genus in the subfamily PARVOVIRINAE comprising three species: Bovine parvovirus, Canine minute virus, and HUMAN BOCAVIRUS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(bocaparvovirus) A genus of non-enveloped single-stranded DNA viruses in the family Parvoviridae with a 21-22 nm diameter capsid and a genome of about 5.5kb. Bocaparvoviruses encode a novel protein called NP1 that is not present in parvoviruses from other genera.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) was first described in 2005 by a group of Swedish scientists who identified a previously uncharacterized virus in the respiratory secretions of acutely ill children. Human bocavirus is a small, single-molecule, linear DNA, nonenveloped virus with a nucleocapsid measuring 18-26 nm and a genome length of 4000-6000...WebMD, 2019
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