Definition of "alphavirus" []

• Any virus of the genus Alphavirus. (noun)

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• "The proteins then assembled themselves into harmless balls that resembled particles of Sindhis virus - a relative of chikungunya and a fellow member of the alphavirus genus, which also includes a number of insect-borne viruses capable of causing dangerous encephalitis in humans."
• "The proteins then assembled themselves into harmless balls that resembled particles of Sindbis virus - a relative of chikungunya and a fellow member of the alphavirus genus, which also includes a number of insect-borne viruses capable of causing dangerous encephalitis in humans."
• "Her research interests lie in sindbis virus, an alphavirus that causes neuronal death in mice and serves as a model for human neurologic disease."