Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bunyaviridae

1 sense of bunyaviridae

Sense 1
Bunyaviridae -- (a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods))
       => arbovirus, arborvirus -- (a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis)