Virus
nairovirus
Subclass of:
Bunyaviridae
Definitions related to nairovirus:
  • A genus of enveloped, spherical viruses in the family Bunyaviridae. The genome is composed of a circular single-strand of negative sense RNA. Nairoviruses are tick-borne with human and animal hosts and cause hemorrhagic fevers and gastroenteritis in humans.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE named after NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE, an acute, hemorrhagic, tick-borne, gastroenteritis affecting sheep and goats. The type species is Dugbe virus. Some viruses in this genus are capable of causing severe and fatal disease in humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Nairovirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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