granulosis

plural granuloses

1. countableuncountableA viral disease that affects many insects.

   The gross pathologies of granuloses are similar to those of nuclear polyhedroses, but differences occur depending on the types of tissues infected.

   2012, Yoshinori Tanada, Harry K. Kaya, Fernando E. Vega, Insect Pathology, →ISBN, page 211

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   Larvae of the latter developed granulosis after they had been fed leaves dipped in suspensions of crushed, apparently healthy, final-instar Cambridge larvae.

   2012, Edward Steinhaus, Insect Pathology V1: An Advanced Treatise, →ISBN, page 558

   In Cambridge, England, it is very difficult to rear wild Pieris rapae, the small white butterfly, in captivity since a very high proportion die from a granulosis.

   2012, K. Smith, Introduction to Virology, →ISBN, page 107

   Each virus particle, as in the case of the nuclear polyhedrosis virus, is surrounded by two membranes, the intimate and developmental membranes. Much less is known about the histopathology of granuloses than polyhedroses.

   2013, Thomas C. Cheng, Current Topics in Comparative Pathobiology - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 27