ARBOVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arbovirus mean? 

• ARBOVIRUS (noun)
  The noun ARBOVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis

  Familiarity information: ARBOVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARBOVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

arborvirus; arbovirus

Hypernyms ("arbovirus" is a kind of...):

virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arbovirus"):

Bunyaviridae (a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods))

Togaviridae; Flaviviridae (a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods)

Arenaviridae; Rhabdoviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)

Reoviridae (a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods)

 Context examples 

Infections of the brain caused by arthropod-borne viruses (i.e., arboviruses) primarily from the families TOGAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; and RHABDOVIRIDAE.

(Epidemic Encephalitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)