Sendai virus

Translingual

Proper noun

Sendai virus

1. A taxonomic species within the family Paramyxoviridae – causal agent of a respiratory infection among mammals, that is problematic among laboratory rodents.

Hypernyms

• (species): Mononegavirales - order; Paramyxoviridae - family; Orthoparamyxovirinae - subfamily; Respirovirus - genus

References

• Sendai virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sendai virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sendai virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

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Noun

Sendai virus (uncountable)

1. a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells