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noun
Any of species Orthobunyavirus jamestownense of North American orthobunyaviruses; an arbovirus that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: JVC, JC virus
Antonyms: none provided
History
After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta mosquitoes.
