Taura Virus

[Karl Fischer]

In article <DAHBFH.MoK at rockyd.rockefeller.edu>, Sean Stevens
<stevens at rockvax.rockefeller.edu> wrote:

> Okay, let me try this again...

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Hi Sean,

I think you might mean Torovirus; according to Fields' "Virology" second
edition, they are enveloped positive-sense ssRNA viruses which are torus
shaped (ie. doughnut). They are associated with diarrhea in horses (Berne
virus) and calves (Breda virus). 

Cheers

Karl

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Karl Fischer
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