Parvovirus

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Parvovirus genus
Virus classification
Group: Group II (ssDNA)
Family: Parvoviridae
Genus: Parvovirus

Parvovirus is a genus of the family Parvoviridae.[1] Parvoviruses causes disease in animals, but not humans. Parvovirus B19, which causes various diseases in humans, is a member of the Erythrovirus genus of Parvoviridae rather than Parvovirus.[2]

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parvovirus. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
  2. Young NS, Brown KE (2004). "Parvovirus B19". N. Engl. J. Med. 350 (6): 586–97. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra030840. PMID 14762186. Research Blogging.