Alphavirus

alphavirus Translingual thumb|Sindbis virus species Etymology mul la-new -, from mul ἄλφα -virus grc alpha. Proper noun 1 n genus family Togaviridae 1 antigenically related togaviruses that infect a wide range of mammals, birds, and other vertebrates, are transmitted by mosquitoes (or, rarely, other arthropods), and typically cause either a syndrome of fever, rash, and arthralgia or a potentially fatal encephalitis Hypernyms genus ; Togaviridae family 1 family Hyponyms genus Sindbis virus species type species; Chikungunya virus species, Eastern equine encephalitis virus species, Semliki Forest virus species, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus species, Western equine encepalitis virus species selected other species Descendants zh 阿爾法病毒 1 References 1 1 1 201905082