pi·cor·na·vi·rus

(pē-kôr′nə-vī′rəs, pĭ-)

n. pl. pi·cor·na·vi·rus·es

Any of a group of very small viruses, including the enteroviruses and the rhinoviruses, that infect animals and consist of RNA surrounded by an icosahedral protein shell.

[pico- + RNA + virus.]

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picornavirus

(ˈpɪˈkɔːnəˌvaɪrəs)

(Microbiology) any one of a group of small viruses that contain RNA; the group includes polioviruses, rhinoviruses, coxsackie viruses, and the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease

[C20: from pico + RNA + virus]

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pi•cor•na•vi•rus

(pɪˈkɔr nəˌvaɪ rəs, -ˌkɔr nəˈvaɪ-)

n., pl. -rus•es.

any of several small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, including poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.

[1960–65; pico- (in the sense “very small”) + RNA + virus]

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Noun

picornavirus - a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat

animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus

enterovirus - any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)

rhinovirus - any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections

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The etiological agent of FMD is Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) that belongs to genus Aphthovirus and family picornaviridae. This virus has single-stranded, positive sense, 8400 base pairs (bp) long genome that is surrounded by small non enveloped capsid made up of four structural proteins (VP1,VP2,VP3 and VP4) (Belsham 2005; Carrillo et al., 2005).

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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed domestic and wild animals, caused by a virus which belong to the Aphthovirus genus and Picornaviridae family (Grubman and Baxt, 2004).

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Infections caused by enteroviruses (EV) and parechoviruses (PeV), members of the Picornaviridae family, are associated with various clinical manifestations, including hand, foot, and mouth disease; respiratory illness; myocarditis; meningitis; and sepsis; and can result in death.

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Hepatitis A virus (HAV), which is from the Picornaviridae family, is an envelope-free and single-stranded RNA virus with linear positive polarity.

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It belongs to the family Picornaviridae and the genus Hepatovirus.

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Enteroviruses (EVs) belong to genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae and order Picornavirales.

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