Arbovirus

The arboviruses are a group of unrelated viruses that are transmitted by arthropods (animals with external skeletons, such as insects, arachnids, and mollusks) as a vector. The most common are transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. They generally fall into three different viral families. They are classified in this way, largely to describe their method of transmission rather than their common biology. Arboviruses are, by nature, endemic, to the range of their vector. 
Some of the diseases caused by arboviruses are Dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus, Yellow fever, and the Zika virus.
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