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  • pneumonia respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
  • herpes any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
  • elisa an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)
  • antiviral any drug that destroys viruses
  • antiviral inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses
  • cmv any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
  • cytomegalovirus any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
  • retrovirus any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
  • virology the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases
  • rous United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
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