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Descriptor
English
:
Visna-maedi virus
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Virus Visna-Maedi
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vírus Visna-Maedi
Synonyms
English
:
Maedi Virus
Maedi-Visna Virus
Visna Virus
Tree Number:
B04.820.650.589.600.900
B04.909.777.731.589.600.900
Definition
English
:
A species of
LENTIVIRUS
, subgenus
ovine-caprine lentiviruses
(LENTIVIRUSES, OVINE-CAPRINE), that can cause chronic
pneumonia
(maedi),
mastitis
,
arthritis
, and
encephalomyelitis
(visna) in sheep. Maedi is a progressive
pneumonia
of sheep which is
similar
to but not the same as jaagsiekte (
PULMONARY ADENOMATOSIS
, OVINE). Visna is a demyelinating leukoencephalomyelitis of sheep which is
similar
to but not the same as
SCRAPIE.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
= VISNA or MAEDI see
PNEUMONIA
, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP
History Note
English
:
94; was VISNA VIRUS 1991-93; was VISNA-MAEDI VIRUSES 1975-90 (see under RNA VIRUSES 1975-77); VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS was see VISNA VIRUS 1991-93
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
Record Number:
29293
Unique Identifier:
D014790
Occurrence in VHL
:
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