Flaviviridae

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Fla·vi·vi·ri·dae

(flā'vī-vī'ri-dē),
A family of enveloped single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses 40-60 mm in diameter formerly classified as the "group B" arboviruses, including yellow fever and dengue viruses; maintained in nature by transmission from arthropod vectors to vertebrate hosts.
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Flaviviridae

Virology A large group of small viruses that have their entire life cycle in cytoplasm, without an intermediate DNA form Examples Dengue, Omsk hemorrhagic, St Louis encephalitis, West Nile, yellow fever viruses
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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