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SUBMITTER: Cotmore SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537627 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cotmore Susan F SF Agbandje-McKenna Mavis M Canuti Marta M Chiorini John A JA Eis-Hubinger Anna-Maria AM Hughes Joseph J Mietzsch Mario M Modha Sejal S Ogliastro Mylène M Pénzes Judit J JJ Pintel David J DJ Qiu Jianming J Soderlund-Venermo Maria M Tattersall Peter P Tijssen Peter P Ictv Report Consortium
The Journal of general virology 20190123 3
Members of the family Parvoviridae are small, resilient, non-enveloped viruses with linear, single-stranded DNA genomes of 4-6 kb. Viruses in two subfamilies, the Parvovirinae and Densovirinae, are distinguished primarily by their respective ability to infect vertebrates (including humans) versus invertebrates. Being genetically limited, most parvoviruses require actively dividing host cells and are host and/or tissue specific. Some cause diseases, which range from subclinical to lethal. A few r ...[more]