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Bunyaviridae

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Noun1.Bunyaviridae - a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods)
arborvirus, arbovirus - 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 encephalitis
family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"


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Historical, epidemiological and ecological aspects of arbovirus in Argentina: Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae and Rhabdoviridae.
Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Brazil by Nogueira, Mauricio Lacerda / Emerging Infectious Diseases
It is an RNA virus that the taxonomic (name calling) virologists included in the Bunyaviridae family.
We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. (Book Excerpt) by Desowitz, Robert S. / UN Chronicle
Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) are rodentborne, zoonotic, lipid-enveloped RNA viruses.
Clusters of Hantavirus infection, Southern Argentina by Cappa, Stella M. Gonzalez / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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