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papovavirus

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papovavirus /pa·po·va·vi·rus/ (pah-po´vah-vi″rus) any virus of the family Papovaviridae.
lymphotropic papovavirus  (LPV) a polyomavirus originally isolated from a B-lymphoblastic cell line of an African green monkey; antigenically related viruses are widespread in primates and may infect humans.
pa·po·va·vi·rus (p-pv-vrs)
n.
A virus of the family Papovaviridae.
papovavirus
[pap′əvəvī′rəs]
Etymology: (abbreviation) papilloma polyoma vacuolating virus
one of a group of small deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) viruses, some of which may be potentially cancer-producing. The human wart is caused by a kind of papovavirus, but it very rarely undergoes malignant transformation. Kinds of papovaviruses are papilloma papovavirus, polyoma papovavirus, and SV40 papovavirus.
papovavirus [pah-po´vah-vi″rus]
any member of a group of small ether-resistant DNA viruses; this term is no longer used in official viral nomenclature. The species that infect humans are all papillomaviruses.
papovavirus
a virus in the family papovaviridae.
papovavirus
 A family of small icosahedral double-stranded DNA viruses–eg, SV40 and polyomavirus, which induce benign and malignant neoplasms
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