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Flavivirus

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See also: flavivirus

Translingual

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Yellow fever virus

Etymology

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From Latin flāvus (golden yellow, reddish yellow) +‎ -virus.

Proper noun

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Flavivirus

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Flaviviridae – RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, which cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.

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