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Aphthovirus

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Aphthovirus /Aph·tho·vi·rus/ (af´tho-vi″rus) foot-and-mouth disease viruses; a genus of viruses of the family Picornaviridae that cause foot-and-mouth disease.
Aphthovirus
a genus in the family Picornaviridae that includes foot and mouth disease viruses and equine rhinitis A virus.


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Picornaviruses are currently divided into 8 genera: Enterovirus, Aphthovirus, Cardiovirus, Hepatovirus, Parechovirus, Erbovirus, Teschovirus, and Kobuvirus (1).
Other important infectious agents in this group include hepatitis A, hepatitis E, encephalomyocarditis virus, polioviruses, coxsacki viruses, reoviruses, rhinoviruses, astroviruses, caliciviruses, echoviruses, parvoviruses, and aphthovirus.
To the Editor: The picornaviruses constitute a large, diverse family of positive-sense RNA viruses, which comprise 8 genera: Enterovirus, Aphthovirus, Cardiovirus, Hepatovirus, Parechovirus, Erbovirus, Kobuvirus, and Teschovirus (1).
 
 
 
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