DNA virus: a major group of animal viruses in which the core consists of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); it includes parvoviruses, papovaviruses, adenoviruses, herpesviruses, poxviruses, and other unclassified DNA viruses. SYN: deoxyribovirus.
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DNA virus: virus whose genome consists of DNA.
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DNA virus: Type of or association with medical condition Viral diseases.
»Introduction: Viral diseases
DNA virus: DNA virus is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Viral diseases (medical condition): Any disease that is caused by a virus
Viral diseases (medical condition): Viruses are a very common type of infectious disease. Many of the most common human diseases are viral. There are literally hundreds of types of viral conditions.
Viruses are the smallest life-form existing, since they are not even a single cell. It is almost like they are not alive at all. They are small strands of DNA-like cell material. A virus consists mostly of RNA and cannot survive without host cells.
Viral diseases: Viruses are among the smallest microbes, much smaller even than bacteria. Viruses are not cells. They consist of one or more molecules of DNA or RNA, which contain the virus's genes surrounded by a protein coat. Viruses can be rod-shaped, sphere-shaped, or multisided. Some look like tadpoles. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)
Source - CRISP
Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
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