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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Togaviridae

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Togaviridae  

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Entry terms

  • Togavirus
  • Togaviruses

Note

  • "a family of RNA viruses, mainly arboviruses"; infection = TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A family of RNA viruses, mainly arboviruses, consisting of two genera: ALPHAVIRUS (group A arboviruses), and RUBIVIRUS. Virions are spherical, 60-70 nm in diameter, with a lipoprotein envelope tightly applied to the icosahedral nucleocapsid.

History note

  • 81; was TOGAVIRUSES see ARBOVIRUSES 1978-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014035

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