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slow virus
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slow virus, technically a virus, such as a lentivirus, that causes symptoms in an infected host long after the original infection and progresses slowly. Although many viruses fit this description, the term slow virus is usually reserved for the first recognized lentiviruses, such as the virus that causes visna (a disease of sheep). A slow virus was proposed as a cause for those diseases now generally recognized as prion prion , infectious agent thought to cause a group of diseases known as

prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Well-known prion diseases are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and kuru in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform
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 diseases (e.g., Creutzfeld-Jacob disease and scrapie).
slow virus
any of a class of virus-like disease-causing agents known as prions that are present in the body for a long time before becoming active or infectious and are very resistant to radiation and similar factors: believed to be the cause of BSE and scrapie

slow virus [′slō ′vī·rəs]
(virology)
Any member of a group of animal viruses characterized by prolonged periods of incubation and an extended clinical course lasting months or years.


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Further challenges are presented by the aging of the population, slow viruses especially HIV, competition for recruits, and healthcare financing.
SLOW VIRUSES Although most viral illnesses strike quickly, some act like tiny time bombs, ticking away for years before symptoms arise.
 
 
 
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