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  • noun Plural form of arbovirus.

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Examples

  • Uncontrolled urbanization in the forest ecosystem has been associated with mosquito-borne viruses (arboviruses) in the Amazon and with lymphatic filariasis in Africa.

    Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports 2008

  • In the Late Cretaceous period, the world was covered with warm-temperate to tropical areas that swarmed with blood-sucking insects carrying leishmania, malaria, intestinal parasites, arboviruses and other pathogens.

    How Dinosaurs disappear from earth. 2008

  • WNV is just one of 5 arboviruses in North America; the others are Lacrosse encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), and western equine encephalitis (WEE).

    BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002

  • The aquatic breeding sites produce vectors of malaria, arboviruses and the filariases (including onchocerciasis).

    Chapter 8 1996

  • The state monitors animals as sentinels for arboviruses, including eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile and

    www2.wsav.com - News 2010

  • Information on arboviruses can also be found at: www. doacs.state.fl.us/ai/, or by calling

    www2.wsav.com - News 2010

  • It is also an important vector of yellow fever and various types of encephalitis virus, as well as a competent vector of at least 23 other arboviruses under laboratory conditions

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hamady Dieng et al. 2010

  • Ever since scientists first proposed that our planet might be experiencing widespread climate change, concerns have been raised about its implications for the spread of arboviruses - viruses carried by arthropods such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks.

    Wildlife Disease News Digest 2009

  • It is clear that the severe infections caused by these two arboviruses present in the pediatric and adult populations differently, with severe LACV infections having a much higher incidence risk in children than adults, the opposite of that of WNV infections.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Andrew D. Haddow et al. 2009

  • The cause (s) for the differences in incidence risks between these two arboviruses within the pediatric and adult populations remains unknown, but warrants further investigation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Andrew D. Haddow et al. 2009

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