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flavivirus

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flavivirus [ˈfleɪvɪˌvaɪrəs]
n
(Medicine) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) 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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Noun1.flavivirus - animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae
Flaviviridae - a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods
West Nile encephalitis virus, West Nile virus - the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus


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However, 79 patients (68%) were positive for anti-dengue IgG, which suggests a high level of flavivirus transmission in this area in the recent past (Figure).
Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004 by Clark, Gary G. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Investigation of a possible yellow fever epidemic and serosurvey for flavivirus infections in northern Cameroon, 1984," Bulletin of the World Health Organization 65: 1987, 855-60).
RESPONSE TO SHELDON WATTS, "YELLOW FEVER IMMUNITIES IN WEST AFRICA ... by Kiple, Kenneth F. / Journal of Social History
A flavivirus surface protein normally pairs with only one other to form a molecule known as a dimer.
Viral proteins lie down on the job by Travis, John / Science News
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