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Nov 30, 2009
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ar•bo•vi•rus



Pronunciation: (är'bu-vī"rus), [key]
n.,
pl. -rus•es.

any of several groups of RNA-containing viruses that are transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, as ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes, and may cause encephalitis, yellow fever, or dengue fever.

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