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Semliki Forest, n. Biol. and Med.|sɛmˈliːkɪ ˈfɒrɪst|
[The name of a forest near the Semliki River in east Central Africa (see quot. 1944).]
Used attrib. in Semliki Forest virus, an insect-borne togavirus used extensively as an experimental organism in genetic research.
1944Smithburn & Haddow in Jrnl. Immunol. XLIX. 141 The agent was isolated from wild-caught mosquitoes... The mosquitoes from which it came were caught in the Semliki Forest in western Uganda; hence the name Semliki Forest virus. 1954Jrnl. Exper. Med. XCIX. 430 A number of arthropod-borne viruses can be classified into two sharply different groups, designated A and B. Group A consists of Eastern equine encephalitis.., Semliki Forest, Sindbis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis.., and WEE viruses. 1967Virology XXXII. 141/1 The precise sites of synthesis of Semliki Forest virus precursor materials and of their assembly into virus nucleoids are not known. 1979Nature 4 Jan. 14/3 Semliki Forest Virus binds preferentially to MHC products on the cell surface. 1988J. C. Bell et al. Zoonoses 189 The causative agent is the Semliki Forest virus (Togaviridae). There is no vaccine. |