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Preferred term

Sindbis Virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Babanki virus
  • Kyzylagach virus
  • Ockelbo Virus

Note

  • infection: coord IM with ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • The type species of ALPHAVIRUS normally transmitted to birds by CULEX mosquitoes in Egypt, South Africa, India, Malaya, the Philippines, and Australia. It may be associated with fever in humans. Serotypes (differing by less than 17% in nucleotide sequence) include Babanki, Kyzylagach, and Ockelbo viruses.

History note

  • 1973 (1971); for OCKELBO VIRUS use ALPHAVIRUS 1994-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012845

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