arborvirus
(ɑːbəˈvaɪərəs)
Also arbovirus.
[f. arthropod + borne ppl. a. + virus.]
A virus borne and transmitted by an arthropod. Also attrib.
| 1957 Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. XIX. 219 All known Arbor viruses are pathogenic for Swiss mice. 1959 C. E. Gordon Smith in Brit. Med. Bull. XV. 235/1 ‘Arborvirus’..is a convenient abbreviation but must not be thought of as having Linnean rank. 1962 Times 26 June 3/1 (Advt.), The immunochemistry of viruses, especially those of the pox⁓virus and arborvirus groups. 1965 C. Andrewes Common Cold ix. 77 The virus families..are:..(vi) Arboviruses. |