Semliki Forest virus

noun

Sem·​li·​ki Forest virus ˈsem-lē-kē-ˈfȯr-əst- 

: an alphavirus (Alphavirus semliki) that was isolated from mosquitoes in a Ugandan forest and is capable of infecting humans and laboratory animals

Alphavirus infections, including Semliki Forest virus …, have been at the forefront of studies of virus-induced cell death and provide important tractable model systems to study many aspects of virus pathogenesis.

—Gerald Barry et al., Journal of Virology