Virus
sindbis virus
Subclass of:
Alphavirus
Definitions related to sindbis virus:
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The type species of ALPHAVIRUS normally transmitted to birds by CULEX mosquitoes in Egypt, South Africa, India, Malaya, the Philippines, and Australia. It may be associated with fever in humans. Serotypes (differing by less than 17% in nucleotide sequence) include Babanki, Kyzylagach, and Ockelbo viruses.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Transmitted by mosquitoes (Culex); causes Sindbis fever in southern and eastern Africa, Egypt, Israel, India, Phillipines, and eastern Australia.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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