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polyoma virus |
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polyoma virusMinute infectious agent normally present in extremely small amounts in wild mice without causing obvious ill effects. It may induce cancerous tumours if grown in tissue culture and injected in large quantities into newborn mice or young hamsters, guinea pigs, and rabbits. It belongs to the Papovaviridae family of viruses. polyoma virus [‚päl·ē′ō·mə ′vī·rəs] (virology) A small deoxyribonucleic acid virus normally causing inapparent infection in mice, but experimentally capable of producing parotid tumors and a wide variety of other tumors. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The investigation included the polyomavirus simian virus 40 (SV40), a pathogen recognized to have infected millions of humans who were vaccinated with polio vaccines produced in cultures of rhesus monkey kidney cells (2,3). A variety of viruses (papillomavirus, hepatitis B virus, HIV, cytomegalovirus, polyomavirus, adenovirus), bacteria (Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis), and mycoplasma (Mycoplasma genitalium) can be detected in this way. Contamination citations include bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine herpesviruses 1 and 4, and bovine polyomavirus. |
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