Medical term:

lyssavirus



Lyssavirus

 [lis´ah-vi″rus]
a genus of rhabdoviruses that includes the rabies virus and other related viruses.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

Lyssavirus

(lis'ă-vī'rŭs),
A genus of viruses (family Rhabdoviridae) that includes the rabies virus group.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Lys·sa·vi·rus

(lis'ă-vī'rŭs)
A genus of viruses (family Rhabdoviridae) that includes the rabies virus group.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

lyssavirus

A single strand RNA virus that causes RABIES or a potentially fatal encephalitis indistinguishable from rabies. To date, seven different lyssavirus genotypes have been identified. Apart from the rabies strain, most of the lyssaviruses are endemic in bats.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Lyssavirus

A genus of viruses that includes the rabies virus and related viruses that infect insects as well as mammals.
Mentioned in: Rabies
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.


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