arbovirus (redirected from Encephalitis, arbovirus)

arbovirus /ar·bo·vi·rus/ (ahr´bo-vi?rus) any of a group of viruses, including the causative agents of yellow fever, viral encephalitides, and certain febrile infections, transmitted to humans by various mosquitoes and ticks; those transmitted by ticks are often considered in a separate category (tickborne viruses).arbovi´ral

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ar·bo·vi·rus (ärb-vrs) or ar·bor·vi·rus (ärbr-)

n.

Any of a large group of viruses transmitted by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks, that include the causative agents of encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue.

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arbovirus

(arthropod-borne) one that replicates in an arthropod, which acts as a vector in transmission of the virus to a susceptible vertebrate host in which replication also occurs. See also togaviridae, bunyaviridae, reoviridae, rhabdoviridae, arenaviridae.

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arbovirus Virology A large, heterogeneous group of single stranded RNA viruses with an envelope surrounding the capsid, which are so named as most are transmitted by arthropod bites, ie are ARthropod-BOrne Vectors Mosquitoes, sandflies, ticks Clinical Most arboviral infections are mild; clinical syndromes include hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, systemic fever complex, hepatitis Families Arenavirus, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Toagaviridae See California encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis, Yellow fever, Western equine encephalitis.