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Jamestown Canyon virus
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English
Etymology
After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta genus mosquitoes.
Noun
Any member of the species Orthobunyavirus jamestownense species of North American orthobunyaviruses; an arbovirus that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.
en JVC JC virus
References
1 Orthobunyavirus jamestownense
1 Orthobunyavirus jamestownense
en Mosquito-borne diseases Viruses