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Ross River Virus
Definition 1
A species of enveloped, spherical viruses with a capsid with T=4 icosahedral symmetry in the Togaviridae family and Alphavirus genus. The genome is composed of monopartite, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA. Ross river viruses are found in both vertebrates and invertebrates, and cause Ross River Fever in humans. Ross river viruses are transmitted via the bite of infected mosquitoes. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Ross River virus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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