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Medical Definition of Caliciviridae
1. A family of RNA viruses. They possess a characteristic six-pointed starlike shape whose surfaces have cup-shaped (chalice) indentions. They differ from picornaviruses in size and shape, and most importantly, in genomic expression during replication cycles. Caliciviruses include the hepatitis e virus, vesicular exanthema of swine virus, san miguel sea lion viruses, feline calicivirus (calicivirus, feline), norwalk virus, and the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (haemorrhagic disease virus, rabbit). (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliciviridae
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