arbovirus encephalitis

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• Encephalitis, LAC — LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus is a virus that is arthropod borne (carried by a mosquito, tick or another kind of arthropod). The arbovirus infects and inflames the… …   Medical dictionary

• Encephalitis, LaCrosse — One of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus is a virus that is arthropod borne (carried by a mosquito, tick or another kind of arthropod). The arbovirus infects and inflames the brain. LaCrosse… …   Medical dictionary

• arbovirus — /ˈaboʊvaɪrəs/ (say ahbohvuyruhs) noun 1. a virus carried by an arthropod such as a mosquito. 2. Also, arbovirus encephalitis. a form of encephalitis caused by such a virus …  

• Encephalitis, arboviral — Encephalitis (which is inflammation of the brain) that is due to infection by an arbovirus (an arthropod borne virus). The arboviruses are maintained through transmission between susceptible vertebrate animals by arthropods (such as mosquitoes… …   Medical dictionary

• Arbovirus — is a shortened name given to viruses that are transmitted by arthropods, or arthropod borne viruses [cite web |url= http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/arbdet.htm |title= CDC Information on Arboviral Encephalitides | accessdate=2007 02 07 ] .… …   Wikipedia

• arbovirus — [är΄bə vī′rəs] n. [ AR(THROPOD) + BO(RNE) + VIRUS] any of a group of RNA viruses, including those that cause yellow fever and viral encephalitis, which are transmitted to people by certain bloodsucking arthropods, esp. mosquitoes and ticks …   English World dictionary

• arbovirus — /ahr beuh vuy reuhs/, n., pl. arboviruses. any of several groups of RNA containing viruses that are transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, as ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes, and may cause encephalitis, yellow fever, or dengue fever. [1955 60;… …   Universalium

• Arbovirus — A class of viruses transmitted to humans by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks. The first two letters of the words arthropod and borne, make up the arbo that now designates this group of viruses as arthropod borne. The arboviruses were… …   Medical dictionary

• arbovirus — noun Etymology: arthropod borne virus Date: 1957 any of various RNA viruses (as the causative agents of encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue) transmitted chiefly by arthropods …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• arbovirus — n. Any of a group of (ar)thropod (bo)rne (virus)es, including the causative agents of yellow fever, viral encephalitis and certain febrile infections, that are transmitted to man by various mosquitoes and ticks …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• arbovirus — 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 …   The new mediacal dictionary