Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, which cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
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Other flaviviruses are yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and Saint Louis encephalitis.
West Nile virus is an important arthropod borne flavivirus; it usually causes a mild infection called West Nile fever in humans and horses.
West Nile virus is a flavivirus within the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex, which includes St Louis encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue fever.
West Nile virus is a single-stranded RNA flavivirus with antigenic similarities to Japanese encephalitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses.
Japanese encephalitis virus is the most important and widespread flavivirus in terms of human morbidity and mortality.
Definition of flavivirus in US English:
flavivirus
nounˈflāvəˌvīrəs
Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
Family Flaviviridae, three genera
Example sentencesExamples
West Nile virus is a flavivirus within the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex, which includes St Louis encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue fever.
Other flaviviruses are yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and Saint Louis encephalitis.
West Nile virus is a single-stranded RNA flavivirus with antigenic similarities to Japanese encephalitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses.
West Nile virus is an important arthropod borne flavivirus; it usually causes a mild infection called West Nile fever in humans and horses.
Japanese encephalitis virus is the most important and widespread flavivirus in terms of human morbidity and mortality.