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Birnaviridae MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Birnaviridae
Tree Number(s)
B04.820.223.500
Unique ID
D018059
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018059
Annotation
a family of RNA viruses; from BIsegmental RNA viruses; infection = BIRNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
Scope Note
A family of bisegmented, double-stranded RNA viruses causing infection in fish, mollusks, fowl, and Drosophila. There are three genera: AQUABIRNAVIRUS; AVIBIRNAVIRUS; and ENTOMOBIRNAVIRUS. Horizontal and vertical transmission occurs for all viruses.
Registry Numbers
txid10993
Previous Indexing
Reoviridae (1990-1993)
Public MeSH Note
94; BIRNAVIRUS was heading 1994-96
Online Note
use BIRNAVIRIDAE to search BIRNAVIRUS 1994-96
History Note
94; BIRNAVIRUS was heading 1994-96
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1993/06/04
Revision Date
2020/08/13
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