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Word: Bunyavirus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s. From bunya- (in Bunyamwera, the name of an area within the Semliki Forest of Uganda) + virus
Definition:
Any member of the genus Bunyavirus or family Bunyaviridae of enveloped viruses with a three-segmented single-stranded RNA genome, most of which are arthropod-borne pathogens of humans and other mammals, typically causing fever or encephalitis. Also (in form Bunyavirus): the genus itself.
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