wasting disease

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Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the primary causative agent of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and other related diseases in pigs.
猪圆环病毒2型（PCV2）是引起猪断奶后多系统衰竭综合征等相关疾病的重要病原。
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have some form of MD, a group of muscle-wasting diseases that have no cure and until now have proved intractable to stem cell therapy.
有近百万的美国人患有各种类型的进行性肌营养不良，这是一种肌肉废退性疾病，至今还没有治愈的方法。

In the U.S. nine states have enacted laws permitting marijuana use by people with cancer, AIDS and other wasting diseases.
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