Circovirus

"Circovirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A genus of the family CIRCOVIRIDAE that infects SWINE; PSITTACINES; and non-psittacine BIRDS. Species include Beak and feather disease virus causing a fatal disease in psittacine birds, and Porcine circovirus causing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs (PORCINE POSTWEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME).

Descriptor ID	D017925
MeSH Number(s)	B04.280.120.150 B04.909.204.120.150
Concept/Terms	Circovirus Circovirus Porcine circovirus Porcine circovirus Circovirus, Porcine Circoviruses, Porcine Porcine Circoviruses Beak and feather disease virus Beak and feather disease virus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Circovirus".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
DNA Viruses [B04.280]
Circoviridae [B04.280.120]
Circovirus [B04.280.120.150]
Vertebrate Viruses [B04.909]
DNA Viruses [B04.909.204]
Circoviridae [B04.909.204.120]
Circovirus [B04.909.204.120.150]

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