Definition of bunyavirus
: any of a family (Bunyaviridae) of usually spherical or pleomorphic single-stranded RNA viruses usually transmitted by the bite of an arthropod (such as a mosquito) or in the bodily secretions of rodents and including the hantaviruses and the causative agents of Rift Valley fever, sandfly fever, and some forms of encephalitis and hemorrhagic fever
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Origin and Etymology of bunyavirus
New Latin, from bunya- (from Bunyamwera, locale in western Uganda where the virus was isolated in 1943) + virus
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bunyavirus
playMedical Definition of bunyavirus
1 capitalized : a genus of numerous single-stranded RNA viruses (as the La Crosse virus) of the family Bunyaviridae that are usually transmitted by mosquitoes or ticks
2: any virus of the genus Bunyavirus or the family Bunyaviridae
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