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Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > RNA viruses > dsRNA viruses > Reoviridae > Orbivirus > African horse sickness virus
Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > Riboviria > Orthornavirae > Duplornaviricota > Resentoviricetes > Reovirales > Reoviridae > Orbivirus > African horse sickness virus
Preferred Term:

African horse sickness virus

Definition:
A species of Orbivirus that causes disease in horses, mules, and donkeys and can also infect other animals such as dogs, cattle, sheep, goats and humans. The virus is transmitted by blood-sucking (hematophagous) insects - usually biting midges of the genus Culicoides.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
Orbivirus
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • AHSV (African horsesickness virus)
  • AHSV (African horse sickness virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4877
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