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alphavirus

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Noun1.alphavirus - an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses
Togaviridae - a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus


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He is focusing on three different species of alphavirus to determine which genes to include in the polyvalent vaccine.
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Chikungunya, a mosquitoborne disease first described in Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika) in eastern Africa in 1952, is caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family.
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