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arbovirus

arbovirus

1 8.4
A virus spread by insects like mosquitoes that causes disease in people and animals
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːrboʊˌvaɪrəs/
  • Specialized
: arbovirus
  • In conclusion, the EEE and WNV surveillance program demonstrated an increase in the incidence of arbovirus infections in mosquitoes and sentinel chickens in southeastern Virginia from 2000.
  • arbovirus infection

I think we must watch out because arbovirus epidemiology, arbovirus is changing and it's changing fast.

Examples

  • Both rainfall and temperature variations affected the vector populations and the arbovirus infection rates in southeastern Virginia.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In recent years, large outbreaks involving a specific arbovirus, chikungunya virus, have affected the east coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean with importation into Europe.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The overall trend of arbovirus activity was greater in 2003 than in 2004.

    Academic text (2006)

  • We also considered cases identified through specimens submitted for routine arbovirus testing.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The immune status of the wild bird population against arbovirus infection is the other variable to consider.

    Academic text (2006)

  • No evidence of recent arbovirus infection was detected in these samples.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Mosquitoes were collected throughout NSW as part of the NSW Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program by using dry ice-baited light traps.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus, or arbovirus, transmitted by Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Dr. Ousmane Faye is a virologist and acarologist at the Arbovirus and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Unit, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Chikungunya is a disease caused by an arbovirus that is transmitted by mosquito bites.

Synonyms

arborvirus
vsarbovirus
  • Specialized
9.9

A virus spread by mosquitoes and ticks that often causes fever or brain infection in people and animals

is broader and does not specify RNA type or typical symptoms

Surface Forms

arbovirus singular
arboviruses plural

Morphology

arbovirus = virus (opaque) = arbo + virus

The combining form 'arbo-' (arthropod-borne) is a technical abbreviation not recognizable to average learners, so they cannot deduce the meaning from 'virus' alone.

Etymology

Arbovirus comes from arbo-, short for arthropod ('animals with jointed legs like mosquitoes and ticks'), and virus ('a tiny germ'). So an arbovirus is a virus 'carried by' these insects and similar animals, which is why diseases like dengue or Zika spread through mosquito or tick bites.