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Togaviridae

Index Togaviridae

Togaviridae is a family of viruses. [1]

61 relations: Alphavirus, Baltimore classification, Barmah Forest virus, Bond cleavage, Cairo, Capsid, Cataract, Chikungunya, Congenital rubella syndrome, Crystal structure, Cytoplasm, DNA replication, Eastern equine encephalitis, Eilat virus, Epidemic, Everglades virus, Family, Flaviviridae, Gene expression, Genome, Genomics, Getah virus, Glycoprotein, Highlands J virus, Indian Ocean, List of Aedes species, Mayaro virus disease, Messenger RNA, Methylation, Microbiological culture, Middelburg virus, MMR vaccine, Monomer, Mosquito, Norman Gregg, Nucleotide, Ochlerotatus, Protein, Réunion, Receptor (biochemistry), Regular icosahedron, RNA, Ross River (Queensland), Ross River fever, Ross River virus, Rubella, Rubella vaccine, Rubella virus, Semliki Forest virus, Sindbis virus, ..., Sphere, Texas, Translation (biology), Tropism, Uganda, Una virus, Vector (epidemiology), Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Viral envelope, Virus, Western equine encephalitis virus. Expand index (11 more) »

Alphavirus

In biology and immunology, an alphavirus belongs to the group IV Togaviridae family of viruses, according to the system of classification based on viral genome composition introduced by David Baltimore in 1971.

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Baltimore classification

The Baltimore classification, developed by David Baltimore, is a virus classification system that groups viruses into families, depending on their type of genome (DNA, RNA, single-stranded (ss), double-stranded (ds), etc..) and their method of replication.

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Barmah Forest virus

Barmah Forest virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.

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Bond cleavage

Bond cleavage, or scission, is the splitting of chemical bonds.

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Cairo

Cairo (القاهرة) is the capital of Egypt.

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Capsid

A capsid is the protein shell of a virus.

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Cataract

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye which leads to a decrease in vision.

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Chikungunya

Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV).

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Congenital rubella syndrome

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can occur in a developing fetus of a pregnant woman who has contracted rubella, usually in the first trimester.

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Crystal structure

In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of the ordered arrangement of atoms, ions or molecules in a crystalline material.

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Cytoplasm

In cell biology, the cytoplasm is the material within a living cell, excluding the cell nucleus.

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DNA replication

In molecular biology, DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.

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Eastern equine encephalitis

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), commonly called Triple E or, sleeping sickness (not to be confused with Trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus present in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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Eilat virus

The Eilat virus (EILV) is a unique alphavirus which is known mainly for its host range restriction generally to insects (primarily to mosquitoes) by means of RNA replication.

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Epidemic

An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time, usually two weeks or less.

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Everglades virus

Everglades virus (EVEV) is an alphavirus included in the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus complex.

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Family

Every person has his/her own family.mother reproduces with husband for children.In the context of human society, a family (from familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage or other relationship), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the English word "family" from Latin familia 'family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household,' thus also 'members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants,' abstract noun formed from famulus 'servant, slave ') or some combination of these.

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Flaviviridae

Flaviviridae is a family of viruses.

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Gene expression

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product.

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Genome

In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism.

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Genomics

Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes.

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Getah virus

The Getah virus is a mosquito-borne arbovirus in the Alphavirus genus.

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Glycoprotein

Glycoproteins are proteins that contain oligosaccharide chains (glycans) covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.

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Highlands J virus

The Highlands J (HJ) virus is a zoonotic alphavirus native to North and South America.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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List of Aedes species

The mosquito genus Aedes includes the following species.

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Mayaro virus disease

Mayaro virus disease is a mosquitoborne zoonotic pathogen endemic to certain humid forests of tropical South America.

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Messenger RNA

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

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Methylation

In the chemical sciences, methylation denotes the addition of a methyl group on a substrate, or the substitution of an atom (or group) by a methyl group.

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Microbiological culture

A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture medium under controlled laboratory conditions.

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Middelburg virus

Middelburg virus (MIDV) is an Alphavirus of the Old World Group that has likely endemic and zoonotic potential...

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MMR vaccine

The MMR vaccine (also known as the MPR vaccine after the Latin names of the diseases) is an immunization vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).

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Monomer

A monomer (mono-, "one" + -mer, "part") is a molecule that "can undergo polymerization thereby contributing constitutional units to the essential structure of a macromolecule".

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.

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Norman Gregg

Sir Norman McAlister Gregg, (7 March 1892 – 27 July 1966) was an Australian ophthalmologist, who discovered that rubella suffered by a pregnant woman could cause birth defects in her child (congenital rubella syndrome).

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomer units for forming the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.

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Ochlerotatus

Ochlerotatus is a genus of mosquito - until 2000 was ranked as a subgenus of Aedes, but after Reinert work, this clade was upgraded at a generic level.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Réunion

Réunion (La Réunion,; previously Île Bourbon) is an island and region of France in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and southwest of Mauritius.

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Receptor (biochemistry)

In biochemistry and pharmacology, a receptor is a protein molecule that receives chemical signals from outside a cell.

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Regular icosahedron

In geometry, a regular icosahedron is a convex polyhedron with 20 faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices.

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RNA

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

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Ross River (Queensland)

The Ross River is a river located in northern Queensland, Australia.

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Ross River fever

Ross River fever is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with the Ross River virus.

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Ross River virus

Ross River virus (RRV) is a small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the South Pacific.

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Rubella

Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus.

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Rubella vaccine

Rubella vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rubella.

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Rubella virus

Rubella virus (RuV) is the pathogenic agent of the disease rubella, and is the cause of congenital rubella syndrome when infection occurs during the first weeks of pregnancy.

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Semliki Forest virus

The Semliki Forest virus was first isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in 1942 and described by Smithburn & Haddow.

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Sindbis virus

Sindbis virus (SINV) is a member of the Togaviridae family, in the alphavirus subfamily.

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Sphere

A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα — sphaira, "globe, ball") is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space that is the surface of a completely round ball (viz., analogous to the circular objects in two dimensions, where a "circle" circumscribes its "disk").

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Translation (biology)

In molecular biology and genetics, translation is the process in which ribosomes in the cytoplasm or ER synthesize proteins after the process of transcription of DNA to RNA in the cell's nucleus.

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Tropism

A tropism (from Greek τρόπος, tropos, "a turning") is a biological phenomenon, indicating growth or turning movement of a biological organism, usually a plant, in response to an environmental stimulus.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Una virus

Una virus is a subtype of the Mayaro virus (MAYV)4, one of the Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) complex of the Togaviridae family.

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Vector (epidemiology)

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.

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Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne viral pathogen that causes Venezuelan equine encephalitis or encephalomyelitis (VEE).

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Viral envelope

Some viruses (e.g. HIV and many animal viruses) have viral envelopes covering their protective protein capsids.

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Virus

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

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Western equine encephalitis virus

The Western equine encephalomyelitis virus is the causative agent of relatively uncommon viral disease Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togaviridae

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