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Adenovirus |
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adenovirus /ad·e·no·vi·rus/ (ad´e-no-vi?rus) any virus belonging to the family Adenoviridae.adenovi´ral mammalian adenoviruses Mastadenovirus.
Adenovirus One type of virus that can cause upper respiratory tract infections. Mentioned in: Conjunctivitis, Myocarditis adenovirus a member of the family adenoviridae. avian adenovirus types 1-11 cause respiratory or enteric disease, aplastic anemia, atrophy of bursa of Fabricius, egg-drop syndrome. bovine adenovirus types 1-9 cause conjunctivitis, pneumonia, diarrhea, pneumoenteritis. canine adenovirus type 1 (CAV-1) causes infectious canine hepatitis. canine adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) is a cause of kennel cough (tracheobronchitis). equine adenovirus type 1 causes pneumonia, the most severe form being primary, severe combined immunodeficiency disease of Arab foals. equine adenovirus type 2 associated with enteric infections. ovine adenovirus types 1-5 cause mild respiratory and enteric diseases. porcine adenovirus types 1-4 cause respiratory disease; type 4 causes diarrhea and/or meningitis. turkey adenovirus causes respiratory or enteric disease, marble spleen disease. adenovirus Any of a family of > 40 icosahedral–20-sided nonenveloped DNA viruses with a 36 kb genome, which has 'early' genes that encode regulatory proteins, and 'late' genes that encode structural proteins Gene therapy Adenovirus is '…particularly attractive as a vector (for gene therapy), as it can produce large amounts of highly purified recombinant virus, which efficiently infects differentiated cells'; the virus is engineered to ensure that it remains in the desired location by replacing the early genes with the genes of interest–eg, CFTR–cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene Virology Adenovirus can cause common cold, noninfluenzal acute respiratory disease, pneumonia, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, acute febrile pharyngitis, acute hemorrhagic cystitis Diagnosis Indirect methods–antibodies; direct methods–adenovirus antigens by immune–antigen-antibody reactions; viral culture is too time-consuming to be practical. See EIA. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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