flavivirus

British

/ ˈfleɪvɪˌvaɪrəs /

noun

a type of arbovirus that causes a wide range of diseases in humans, including yellow fever, dengue, and West Nile fever. It is spread by ticks or mosquitoes

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Named after the town in Ontario, Canada, where it was first identified in 1958 in a 5-year-old boy who died from encephalitis, Powassan virus is a flavivirus related to West Nile and other mosquito-borne viruses.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024

“Zika allowed for a homogeneous sample of a flavivirus — and when we understand one a little bit better, we understand them all a bit better.”

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2018

Zika is a flavivirus, a family that includes dengue and Japanese encephalitis, which are also transmitted by mosquitoes.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2018

Fifty-six suspected cases of Guillain-Barre were reported the first seven months of 2016, of which 34 were linked to infection with Zika or an unspecified flavivirus.

From US News • Aug. 26, 2016

However, the contribution of the E protein to flavivirus pathobiology is currently not understood.

From Nature • Apr. 18, 2016

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