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REOVIRUS [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A relatively harmless virus which is often found in children causing runny noses, mild headaches, fever and possibly diarrhea, which can destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unscathed.

OBS

Discovered by Dr. Patrick Lee's team at the University of Calgary, Alberta.

CONT

Unlike virulent human viruses, that can kill, reoviruses have trouble taking control of healthy human cells because once inside the cell, they can't reproduce. But the mechanism that blocks replication in healthy cells is released in fast-growing cancerous cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

Formé par analogie avec rétrovirus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
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Record 2 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

A genus of viruses in the family Reoviridae. They are widespread in nature but have little known pathogenicity and are not identified as causing any specific animal diseases. Reoviruses isolated from cattle and dogs appear to cause clinically unapparent infections; in cats they uncommonly cause conjunctivitis and gingivitis, in horses coughing and ocular discharge without fever, and in poultry a viral arthritis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
OBS

Ils [les réovirus] provoquent chez certains jeunes mammifères des affections respiratoires et digestives.

OBS

REO, sigle pour respiratory enteritic orphan.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
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