English Explanatory Dictionary

Jamestown Canyon virus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A North American orthobunyavirus, an arbovirus, that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.

Word forms

Jamestown Canyon virus Jamestown Canyon viruses

Etymology

After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta mosquitoes.

Synonyms

JVC JC virus
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