murine

They have two viruses in their sights: murine leukemia virus and Kaposi's sarcoma virus.

They can also help spread murine typhus and food-borne germs like salmonella.

HKU1 has the murkiest evolutionary history, but its genetic sequence clusters close to the murine hepatitis virus, suggesting it has a rodent origin.

In addition to her poetry about mice, Dr. Mintz amassed a collection of what Chernoff described as “everything murine,” filling her office with photographs, sculptures and even tapestries of mice.

While the authors say the facial movements that followed were noticeable, anyone hoping for a comical murine grimace may be disappointed.