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Alphavirus

Known as: Alphaviridae, Alpha Viruses, Arbovirus, Group A 
A genus of enveloped, spherical, or pleomorphic viruses with T=4 icosahedral symmetry, in the family Togaviridae. The genome is composed of a linear… 
National Institutes of Health

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Arbovirus encephalitisCDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyEncephalitis Viruses

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ArbovirusesTogaviridaehemorrhagic fever virus

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Aura virusBabanki virusBarmah Forest virusBuggy Creek virus

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Systemic neutralizing antibodies induced by long interval mucosally primed systemically boosted immunization correlate with protection from mucosal SHIV challenge.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Nucleotide sequence variation in salmonid alphaviruses from outbreaks of salmon pancreas disease and sleeping disease.
We compared 18 salmonid alphaviruses (SAV) including the reference F93-125 salmon pancreas disease virus (SPDV) and S49p sleeping… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Early arthritis and infection
Purpose of reviewTo summarize the recent literature on the association of infection with early arthritis, and to discuss the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Vaccination with Recombinant Alphavirus or Immune-Stimulating Complex Antigen Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus1
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe respiratory diseases in infants and young children. Inappropriate immunity to the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Co-translational folding of an alphavirus capsid protein in the cytosol of living cells
The Semliki Forest virus capsid protein contains a chymotrypsin-like protease domain that must fold before it can… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Stable alphavirus packaging cell lines for Sindbis virus and Semliki Forest virus-derived vectors.
Alphavirus vectors are being developed for possible human vaccine and gene therapy applications. We have sought to advance this… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Intracerebral cytokine mRNA expression during fatal and nonfatal alphavirus encephalitis suggests a predominant type 2 T cell response.
Sindbis virus (SV) causes an acute encephalomyelitis in mice. A T cell-dependent inflammatory response is first detected 3 days… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Nucleotide sequence of the 26 S mRNA of the virulent Trinidad donkey strain of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and deduced sequence of the encoded structural proteins.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
La Crosse bunyavirus can mediate pH-dependent fusion from without.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Structure and assembly of alphaviruses.
The alphaviruses are enveloped animal viruses that belong to the family of Toga viruses. The molecular biology of this virus… 
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