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Picornaviridae

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Pi·cor·na·vir·i·dae (p-kôrn-vîr-d)
n.
A family of very small nonenveloped viruses having a core of single-stranded RNA and including the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses.

PICO,
n acronym for diagnostic questions based on these four areas of knowledge and action: Patient or problem;
Intervention, cause, or prognosis;
Comparison or control; and
Outcome. This evidence-based method is designed to make a valid, successful decision based on the skills and knowledge of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available evidence.
Picornaviridae
n one of the major ribonucleic acid virus families, to which the polio-, rhino-, entero-, and hepatitis A viruses belong. Viruses in this family have a single-stranded, nonsegmented, linear molecular structure with icosahedral symmetry.

Picornaviridae
a family of small (25 nm diameter), nonenveloped single-stranded, plus sense RNA viruses, the members of which cause a variety of diseases including poliomyelitis of humans (genus Enterovirus), respiratory disease in cattle (Rhinovirus), encephalomyocarditis in pigs (Cardiovirus), foot-and-mouth disease and equine rhinitis A (genus Aphthovirus), porcine encephalomyelitis (genus Teschovirus), avian encephalomyelitis and hepatitis A of humans (genus Hepatovirus) and equine rhinitis B viruses (genus Erbovirus).

Picornaviridae
Virology A large family of RNA viral pathogens Examples Aphthovirus–foot & mouth disease; rhinovirus–common cold agents; enterovirus–eg, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses


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