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Definition of Polioviruses
1. poliovirus [n] - See also: poliovirus
Medical Definition of Polioviruses
1. Species of enterovirus causing acute infection in humans and leading to nervous system damage in a minority of cases. Humans are the only natural host, but infection can also occur in non-human primates and experimentally in rodents. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polioviruses
Literary usage of Polioviruses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"Vaccines are not available for use in humans.98 Agent: Poliovirus Laboratory-associated
infections with polioviruses are uncommon and have been limited to ..."
2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... and PD MINOR (1993), "Characterisation of L cells expressing human poliovirus
receptor for the specific detection of polioviruses in vitro", J. Virol. ..."
3. National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"... IPV= inactivated poliovirus vaccine containing killed type 1, 2, and 3
polioviruses; MMR=attenuated measles, mumps, and rubella viruses in a combined ..."
4. Assessing Microbial Safety of Drinking Water: Improving Approaches and Methods by World Health Organization (2003)
"The exception being polioviruses. these were the cause of large outbreaks in the
past when a waterborne mechanism was often supposed, although only one ..."
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