Any of the many viruses transmitted by a member of the arthropod group of animals, including insects, mites, and ticks.
(See also insects and disease; mites and disease; ticks and disease).
A class of viruses transmitted by arthropods. Name contracted from “arthropod-borne viruses”.
n. one of a group of RNA-containing viruses that are transmitted from animals to humans by insects (i.e. arthropods; hence arthropod-borne viruses) and cause diseases resulting in encephalitis or serious fever, such as dengue and yellow fever.
A heterogenous group of around 500 viruses, which are transmitted to humans by ARTHROPODS. Grouped in four families, they include the viruses of DENGUE and YELLOW FEVER which are transmitted by mosquitoes.... arboviruses
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