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arborvirus|ɑːbəˈvaɪərəs|
Also arbovirus.
[f. arthropod + borne ppl. a. + virus.]
A virus borne and transmitted by an arthropod. Also attrib.
1957Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. XIX. 219 All known Arbor viruses are pathogenic for Swiss mice. 1959C. E. Gordon Smith in Brit. Med. Bull. XV. 235/1 ‘Arborvirus’..is a convenient abbreviation but must not be thought of as having Linnean rank. 1962Times 26 June 3/1 (Advt.), The immunochemistry of viruses, especially those of the pox⁓virus and arborvirus groups. 1965C. Andrewes Common Cold ix. 77 The virus families..are:..(vi) Arboviruses. |