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Alphavirus /Al·pha·vi·rus/ (al´fah-vi?rus) a genus of viruses of the family Togaviridae that cause encephalitis or febrile illness with rash or arthralgia.
Alphavirus one of the two genera in the family Togaviridae; includes eastern, western and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis viruses and Getah virus. All of them replicate in arthropod vectors including mosquitoes. |
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He is focusing on three different
species of alphavirus to determine which genes to include in the
polyvalent vaccine. 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.
Sindbis virus is a model virus for the Alphavirus group, which contains
the highly pathogenic and weaponizable Eastern, Western and Venezuelan
equine encephalitis viruses. |
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