Lexic.us

Definition of Togaviridae

1. Noun. A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods.

Medical Definition of Togaviridae

1. Class IV viruses with a single positive strand RNA genome. Bullet shaped capsid, enveloped by a membrane formed from the host cell plasma membrane, the budded membrane contains host lipids and viral (spike) glycoproteins. The group can be divided into two main groups: alphaviruses, that include Semliki Forest virus and Sindbis virus and flaviviruses, that include yellow fever virus and rubella (German measles) virus. Many are transmitted by insects and were previously classified as arboviruses. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Togaviridae

Literary usage of Togaviridae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"... with just 4, the Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, togaviridae, and Reoviridae, accounting for more than half of the species affecting humans and, likewise, ..."

2. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"... 66,88,98, 118179 eastern equine encephalitis, togaviridae (Alphavirus), 81, 70262 Eastern filbert blight ..."

3. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals by Kimberly Sue Waggie (1994)
"Agent: Lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV) (Family: togaviridae; Genus: unnamed). Disease induced: Elevation of lactate dehydrogenase and other ..."

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