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Arbovirus
Arbovirus is a term used to refer to a group of
viruses that are
transmitted by
arthropod vectors. The word
arbovirus is an
acronym (
ARthropod-
BOrne virus). Symptoms of arbovirus infection generally occur 3–15 days after exposure to the virus and last 3 or 4 days. The most common clinical features of infection are
fever,
headache, and
malaise, but
encephalitis and
hemorrhagic fever may also occur. The word
tibovirus (
TIck-
BOrne virus) is sometimes used to describe viruses transmitted by
ticks, a superorder within the arthropods.
arbovirus
Noun
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 encephalitides
(synonym) arborvirus
(hypernym) virus
(hyponym) Bunyaviridae
arbovirus
noun
virus transmitted by blood-sucking insects
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