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Noun: Flaviviridae
  1. A family of viruses transmitted primarily by arthropods (especially ticks and mosquitoes), including important human pathogens
    "Yellow fever and dengue are caused by viruses in the Flaviviridae family"

Type of: arborvirus, arbovirus

Part of: family

Encyclopedia: Flaviviridae