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MeSH Heading: Circovirus
Tree Number(s): B04.280.120.150
Unique ID: D017925
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017925
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Term(s): Beak and feather disease virus; Circovirus, Porcine; Porcine Circovirus
Registry Numbers: txid39725; txid77856; txid46221
Related Numbers: txid46221; txid77856
Previous Indexing: DNA Viruses (1986-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/04
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Circovirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025