Definition of "papovavirus" []

• Any of a group of DNA-containing viruses that are associated with or cause papillomas or polyomas in animals. (noun)

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• "He too had Pneumocystis carinii, as well as Candida albicans, also a fungal infection, and papovavirus, which causes regular warts in most people but in his case had led to supersized growths on his hands, forearms, and legs."
• "These were important results for understanding the biology of this papovavirus and helped move the laboratory into a very rapidly advancing field of research - the molecular and cell biology of tumor viruses."
• "Within a short time polyoma virus became the main interest of my laboratory, to be joined, a few years later by SV40, another papovavirus."