arbovirus

American  

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

noun

arboviruses plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• arboviruses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of arbovirus

1955–60; ar(thropod-) bo(rne) virus

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

arbovirus arboviruses

This would be to engineer the mosquitoes so that arbovirus infections trigger the loss of their tolerance mechanisms, perhaps via the inhibition of Ago2.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023

After a call for proposals on arbovirus research with Cuba, the U.S.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2017

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

“We’re deeply concerned about the zika starting a transmission cycle here in south Texas,” said Dr Nikos Vasilakis, an arbovirus researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2016

“These diseases can be difficult to identify: their clinical signs and symptoms can mimic a lot of other diseases, and arboviruses aren’t always at the top of mind for clinicians.”

From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023

The lab has its own insectary, Corley remarked, which hatches mosquitoes to study the transmission of arboviruses, including Zika, dengue and West Nile.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

One focuses on arboviruses, mosquito-borne pathogens that include the Zika, chikungunya, and dengue viruses.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2017

If Zika behaves like other arboviruses, such as chikungunya and dengue, it will probably stick around.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2017

They include Amadou Alpha Sall, who is the scientific director of the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, and director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for arboviruses and viral haemorrhagic fever, also in Dakar.

From Nature ● Nov. 9, 2014