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Enterovirus
Definition 1
A (+) strand single strand RNA virus of the picornavirus family. Poliovirus is an enterovirus. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A genus of the family PICORNAVIRIDAE whose members preferentially inhabit the intestinal tract of a variety of hosts. The genus contains many species. Newly described members of human enteroviruses are assigned continuous numbers with the species designated "human enterovirus". (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Definition 3
Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Enterovirus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Definition 4
viruses infect vertebrates including man, monkeys, pigs and cows; primarily infect the gastrointestinal tract but also multiply in nerve, muscle, etc. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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