"Togaviridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of RNA viruses, mainly arboviruses, consisting of two genera: ALPHAVIRUS (group A arboviruses), and RUBIVIRUS. Virions are spherical, 60-70 nm in diameter, with a lipoprotein envelope tightly applied to the icosahedral nucleocapsid.
| Descriptor ID |
D014035
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.850
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A field study on the effects of Fort Morgan virus, an arbovirus transmitted by swallow bugs, on the reproductive success of cliff swallows and symbiotic house sparrows in Morgan County, Colorado, 1976. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1984 Sep; 33(5):981-91.