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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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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:
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.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
NALT Core
Términos Genéricos:
Orbivirus
Términos Relacionados:
Entry Terms:
  • AHSV (African horsesickness virus)
  • AHSV (African horse sickness virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4877
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