Adenoviruses are a class of DNA viruses (small infectious agents) that can cause upper respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis, and other infections in humans. Infants and children are most commonly affected by adenoviruses. Adenovirus infections...

Adenoviruses are viruses that have twenty sides. As such they are called icosahedrons. The outer surface, the capsid, is made of particles of a protein. The protein is arranged in groups of six (hexagons) except at the twenty points where the sides...

A type of VIRUS. They have a hexon shape, no outer membrane and are stable at low PH, and they are consequently stable in the gut. Adenoviruses have been isolated from every species of mammal, bird and amphibian that has been studied. There are at...

Any of a group of spheroidal viruses, made up of DNA wrapped in a protein coat, that cause sore throat and fever in humans, hepatitis in dogs, and several diseases in fowl, mice, cattle, pigs, and monkeys. An adenovirus develops within the nucleus of...

A complex type of VIRUS with a double strand of DNA. See also: gene transfer in the...

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