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Sendai virus

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Proper noun

Sendai virus

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

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Noun

Sendai virus (uncountable)

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

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