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myxoma virus

/mɪkˈsoʊmə ˈvaɪrəs/

Tradução: Vírus que causa a mixomatose, doença grave e frequentemente fatal em coelhos, caracterizada por edema e lesões na pele. É usado no controle biológico de populações de coelhos.

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/mɪkˈsoʊmə ˈvaɪrəs/C1formalscientific
  • ptVírus que causa a mixomatose, doença grave e frequentemente fatal em coelhos, caracterizada por edema e lesões na pele. É usado no controle biológico de populações de coelhos.

A virus that causes myxomatosis, a severe and often fatal disease in rabbits, characterized by swelling and skin lesions. It is used in biological control of rabbit populations.

  1. Rabbit-specific virusC2formal

    A virus that causes myxomatosis, a severe and often fatal disease in rabbits, characterized by swelling and skin lesions.

    ptVírus do mixoma

    • The myxoma virus was deliberately introduced to control rabbit populations in Australia.
    • Infected rabbits show symptoms like swollen eyelids and conjunctivitis caused by the myxoma virus.
    • Researchers study the myxoma virus to understand how viruses evolve to become less deadly.