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flavivirus, n. Virol.
Brit. |ˈfleɪvɪvʌɪrəs|, |ˈflavɪvʌɪrəs|, U.S. |ˈfleɪviˌvaɪrəs|
[‹ post-classical Latin flavi-, combining form (in e.g. flavicomus: see flavicomous adj.) of classical Latin flāvus yellow (see flavous adj.) + virus n. Compare flavovirus n.]
Any member of the genus Flavivirus of enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses, most of which are arthropod-borne pathogens of mammals and birds, typically causing encephalitis or (often haemorrhagic) fevers, including yellow fever and dengue; (in form Flavivirus) the genus itself. Later also: any member of the family Flaviviridae.
The family Flaviviridae includes the genera Flavivirus, Pestivirus (classical swine fever and bovine diarrhoeal viruses) and Hepacivirus (Hepatitis C virus).
1971P. Wildy Classif. & Nomencl. Viruses (Monogr. Virol. V.) 54 The Vertebrate Virus Subcommittee proposed ‘Flavivirus’. 1971Lancet 16 Oct. 858/2 Yellow fever is the type species of the flaviviruses (hence the name). 1980Intervirology 13 16 Radial hemolysis-in-agarose gel..with members of the genera Alphavirus and Flavivirus is described. 1995Sci. Amer. Oct. 31/1 Hemorrhagic fever viruses are divided into several families. The flaviviruses have been known for the longest. 2002N.Y. Times 25 Aug. iv. 8/1 The flaviviruses, which include West Nile virus, fluctuate unpredictably.
Derivatives. flaviviral adj.
1978Amer. Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 27 1251 Rocio encephalitis is a new epidemic *flaviviral infection of man, first described in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. 2003Avian Dis. 47 602 Owls that died were screened for flaviviral proteins. |