Arbovirus

An Arbovirus (short for Arthropod borne virus) is a virus that is primarily transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks and mosquitoes. The term Arbovirus is not part of the taxonomic classification of viruses, that is, viruses from different families and even orders can be arboviruses. Arboviruses (over 200 recognized) are often pathogenic for humans (over 50 identified); can be stored inside the arthropod body or even proliferate, without actually damaging the insect. Arboviruses feature some 30-180nm in size of a spheric or rod-like shape and have usually RNA-based genomes. Arboviral infections are likely to be endemic to the transmitters' habitats.

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List of arboviruses (not complete):

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• Dengue fever
• Ross River virus
• Vesicular stomatitis virus
• West Nile virus
• Yellow fever
• Tick-borne Encephalitis
• Japanese Encephalitis
• La Crosse Encephalitis

Virus: :This article is concerned with virus as a biological infectious particle; for other uses of the term see virus (disambiguation). An extensive treatment of the pluralization of the word "virus" in English is found in the article Plural of virus. A list of biological viruses has also been prepared. ...

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