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Bourbon virus

Bourbon virus proper noun: a virus believed to be in species Dhori thogotovirus in family Orthomyxoviridae, a tick-borne virus discovered in 2014 that has caused at least one fatality in an otherwise healthy man.

Proper noun

Bourbon virus

  1. (neologism) A virus believed to be in species Dhori thogotovirus in family Orthomyxoviridae, a tick-borne virus discovered in 2014 that has caused at least one fatality in an otherwise healthy man
    • On the basis of limited information for our case-patient, health care providers might consider Bourbon virus as a potential infectious etiology in patients in whom fever, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia develop without a more likely explanation and who have shown negative results for other...2015 May, Olga I. Kosoy, Amy J. Lambert, Dana J. Hawkinson, Daniel M. Pastula, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, D. Charles Hunt, J. Erin Staples, “Novel Thogotovirus Associated with Febrile Illness and Death...
    • Rickettsioses caused by Rickettsia parkeri or by R. assiliae or the Bourbon virus disease caused by Bourbon virus, a new virus thought to be transmitted by ticks, serve as examples.2015 August 25, World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, volume 5, number 3

Origin of Bourbon virus

Discovered in 2014 in a case in Bourbon County, Kansas by Olga Kosoy.

Questions about Bourbon virus

What does Bourbon virus mean?
Bourbon virus means a virus believed to be in species Dhori thogotovirus in family Orthomyxoviridae, a tick-borne virus discovered in 2014 that has caused at least one fatality in an otherwise healthy man.
What part of speech is Bourbon virus?
Bourbon virus is a proper noun.

Words near Bourbon virus in the dictionary

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