Associations to the word «Parvovirus»

PARVOVIRUS, noun. Any single-stranded DNA viruses, of the genus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; they infect only mammals other than humans.

PARVOVIRUS, noun. Certain small viruses, not in genus Parvovirus, that infect humans.

PARVOVIRUS, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Parvoviridae   — very small viruses that cause disease in many mammals, but not humans, now split into the numerous genera within Parvovirinae.

PARVOVIRUS, noun. Any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease.