Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of small viruses that contain DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and cause disease in many vertebrates, especially mammals such as dogs and cattle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any single-stranded
DNA viruses , of thegenus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; theyinfect onlymammals
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But while there is a canine parvovirus, a human one known as parvovirus B19 also exists.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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But while there is a canine parvovirus, a human one known as parvovirus B19 also exists.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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Campylobacteriosis, and viruses such as parvovirus, which is deadly to dogs.
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Anyway, she said I tested negative for H1N1, but that I had something called parvovirus.
uncharted terriTORI Tori Spelling 2010
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Anyway, she said I tested negative for H1N1, but that I had something called parvovirus.
uncharted terriTORI Tori Spelling 2010
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Eythema infectiosum is also known as parvovirus infection, slapped cheek disease, or fifth disease.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public TimDrake 2009
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Once dogs were purchased, many of the new owners discovered the dogs had various ailments such as parvovirus and mange.
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"parvovirus" and their thoughts leap immediately to something Fido needed to be vaccinated for.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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"parvovirus" and their thoughts leap immediately to something Fido needed to be vaccinated for.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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And why such poor preventive medical practices when the most easily avoidable animal disease, parvovirus, is so rampant in our shelters?
Gary Weitzman, DVM: Saving Puppies DVM Gary Weitzman 2011
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