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rhabdovirus
virus group
Also known as: Rhabdoviridae
rhabdovirus, any of a group of viruses constituting the family Rhabdoviridae, responsible for rabies and vesicular stomatitis of cattle and horses. The virus particle is enveloped in a fatty membrane; is bullet-shaped, 70 by 180 nanometres (nm; 1 nm = 10-9 metre); and contains a single helical strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA). See also rabies; vesicular stomatitis.
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