Taber's Medical Dictionary
Caliciviridae
(kă-lis″ĭ-vir′ĭ-dē″)
[calix + virus + -idae, fr. the cuplike appearance of viral particles under an electron microscope]
A family of positive-stranded RNA viruses that have numerous cup-shaped depressions on the surface, including the Noroviruses (a member of which is Norwalk virus, a common cause of diarrhea in humans).
SEE: Astroviridae; SEE: Calicivirus
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Caliciviridae." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767087/all/Caliciviridae.
Caliciviridae. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767087/all/Caliciviridae. Accessed October 12, 2024.
Caliciviridae. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767087/all/Caliciviridae
Caliciviridae [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767087/all/Caliciviridae.
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