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Concept information

  1. jerarquía taxonómica
  2. RNA viruses
  3. dsRNA viruses
  4. Reoviridae
  5. Orbivirus
  6. African horse sickness virus

Preferred term

African horse sickness virus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Especies de Orbivirus que causan enfermedad en caballos, mulas y burros y que también pueden infectar otros animales como perros, vacas, ovejas, cabras y humanos. Este virus es transmitido por insectos chupadores de sangre (hematófagos)- usualmente mosquitos pequeños picadores del género Culicoides.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • AHSV (African horse sickness virus)
  • AHSV (African horsesickness virus)

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4877

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