rhabdovirus

[rab-doh-vahy-ruhs]

noun

plural

rhabdoviruses 

1. any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhabdovirus¹

First recorded in 1965–70; rhabdo- + virus

Example Sentences

Using sophisticated RNA sequencing technology, the researchers discovered evidence that links a rhabdovirus to acute hemorrhagic fever in three people from the village of Mangala between 25 May and 14 June 2009.

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The researchers did not actually isolate a rhabdovirus, but instead plucked out RNA sequences from the surviving man's blood sample and reconstructed what they contend is the genome of the pathogen that caused the disease.

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"We found nothing except this rhabdovirus," he emphasizes.

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