arbovirus

American  

[ahr-buh-vahy-ruhs] / ˈɑr bəˌvaɪ rəs /

noun

plural

arboviruses

1. any of several groups of RNA-containing viruses that are transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, as ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes, and may cause encephalitis, yellow fever, or dengue fever.

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arbovirus British  

/ ˈɑːbəʊˌvaɪrəs /

noun

1. any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks

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arbovirus Scientific  

/ är′bə-vī′rəs /

1. Any of a large group of RNA viruses that are transmitted primarily by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks. The more than 400 species were originally considered to be a single group, but are now divided among four families: Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, and Arenaviridae. These viruses cause a variety of infectious diseases in humans, including rubella, yellow fever, and dengue.

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Etymology

Origin of arbovirus

1955–60; ar(thropod-) bo(rne) virus

Example Sentences

The vast majority of people infected with an arbovirus in Australia develop only mild symptoms, or none at all.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023

"Aedes aegypti Argonaute 2 controls arbovirus infection and host mortality" was co-authored by Shengzhang Dong and George Dimopoulos.

From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023

Brazil, by far the hardest-hit country in the epidemic, really let its women down, said Dr. Artur Timerman, president of the medical society for dengue and arbovirus specialists there.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2017

"Zika was kind of a sleepy, inconsequential arbovirus discovered in the 1940s," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

From US News • Jan. 25, 2016