Alphavirus
See also: alphavirus
Translingual
Sindbis virus
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + -virus.
Proper noun
Alphavirus
- A taxonomic genus within the family Togaviridae – antigenically related togaviruses that infect a wide range of mammals, birds, and other vertebrates, are transmitted by mosquitoes (or, rarely, other arthropods), and typically cause either a syndrome of fever, rash, and arthralgia or a potentially fatal encephalitis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Riboviria - realm; Orthornavirae - kingdom; Kitrinoviricota - phylum; Alsuviricetes - class; Martellivirales - order; Togaviridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sindbis virus - type species; Chikungunya virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Semliki Forest virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Western equine encepalitis virus - selected other species
References
Alphavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alphavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alphavirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alphavirus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses