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ARENAVIRIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of arborviruses carried by arthropods
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arenaviridae" is a kind of...):
arborvirus; arbovirus (a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis)
Meronyms (members of "Arenaviridae"):
arenavirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae)
Junin virus (the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)
Lassa virus (the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever)
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings)
Machupo virus (the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice)
Holonyms ("Arenaviridae" is a member of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
