Calicivirus: A group of viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae that includes:
The hepatitis E virus, once considered a calicivirus, now belongs to an unassigned (or floating) genus called the hepatitis E-like viruses.
All of the caliciviruses are single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped viruses. Their genetic information is encoded in a single strand of RNA and they lack an envelope. The name calicivirus comes from their characteristic "Star of David" shape with cup-shaped (chalice) indentations.
Feline Calicivirus, common viral disease that affects cats, is characterized by upper respiratory symptoms, pneumonia, oral ulceration (sores in the mouth), and ...
calicivirus /ca·li·ci·vi·rus/ a member of the family Caliciviridae. Calicivirus /Ca·li·ci·vi·rus/ (kah-lis´Ä-vi″rus) caliciviruses; a genus of the family ...
Taxonomy: Comments: Viruses with typical calicivirus morphology have been identified in other animal species including humans, other primates, cattle, mink, swine ...
Sneezing in cats is most commonly due to Rhinotracheitis (herpes-1) and calicivirus, causes of feline upper respiratory disease.
The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has been officially reorganized and as a result its former divisions and programs have been realigned into ...