Virus
rubivirus
Subclass of:
Togaviridae
Definitions related to rubivirus:
  • A genus of enveloped, spherical viruses with a capsid with T=4 icosahedral symmetry, in the family Togaviridae. The genome is composed of a linear, single-strand of positive sense RNA. Rubiviruses are found in humans and cause respiratory disease in humans.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family TOGAVIRIDAE containing only one recognized species, RUBELLA VIRUS. Transmission is primarily by aerosolization.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Rubivirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Man is the only known vertebrate host; spread principally by aerosolization, but congenital transmission can occur; contains only one recognized species, Rubella virus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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