Virus
ross river virus
Subclass of:
Alphavirus
Definitions related to ross river virus:
  • A species of ALPHAVIRUS associated with epidemic EXANTHEMA and polyarthritis in Australia.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A species of enveloped, spherical viruses with a capsid with T=4 icosahedral symmetry in the Togaviridae family and Alphavirus genus. The genome is composed of monopartite, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA. Ross river viruses are found in both vertebrates and invertebrates, and cause Ross River Fever in humans. Ross river viruses are transmitted via the bite of infected mosquitoes.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Ross River virus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Species of Alphavirus associated with epidemic exanthema and polyarthritis in Australia.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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