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WEST NILE VIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does West Nile virus mean?
• WEST NILE VIRUS (noun)
The noun WEST NILE VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis
Familiarity information: WEST NILE VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
West Nile encephalitis virus; West Nile virus
Hypernyms ("West Nile virus" is a kind of...):
flavivirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae)
Context examples
In the United States, some mosquitoes spread West Nile virus.
(Insect Bites and Stings, NIH)
Flaviviruses include dengue virus, Zika virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Powassan virus and several other viruses.
(Tick salivary glands can be a tool to study virus transmission and infection, National Institutes of Health)
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