West Nile virus

Translingual

Proper noun

West Nile virus

1. A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – that causes West Nile fever.

Hypernyms

• (species): Amarillovirales - order; Flaviviridae - family; Flavivirus - genus

References

• West Nile virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• West Nile virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• West Nile virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• West Nile Virus (rarer)
• WNV (initialism)

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Noun

West Nile virus (usually uncountable, plural West Nile viruses)

1. A particular flavivirus that causes West Nile fever, dangerous to humans.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 371:

     West Nile virus surfaced in New York in 1999 and within four years had covered the whole of America.

References

• West Nile virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia