Poliomyelitis virus


poliomyelitis virus n.
The picornavirus that causes poliomyelitis. Serologic types 1, 2, and 3 are recognized, type 1 being responsible for most cases of paralytic poliomyelitis and most epidemics. Also called poliovirus, poliovirus hominis.

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    [poh-lee-oh-vahy-ruh s, poh-lee-oh-vahy-] /ˈpoʊ li oʊˌvaɪ rəs, ˌpoʊ li oʊˈvaɪ-/ noun, plural polioviruses. 1. any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis. poliovirus po·li·o·vi·rus (pō’lē-ō-vī’rəs) n. See poliomyelitis virus.


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