A kind of virus found primarily in ticks and mosquitos that can occasionally infect humans. Members of this virus family belong to a single category called “Flavivirus.” The word “flavus” means “yellow” in Latin. Some of the mosquito-transmitted flaviviruses include yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus and Zika virus. Other flaviviruses transmitted by ticks include tick-borne encephalitis, Kyasanur Forest Disease, Alkhurma disease, and Omsk hemorrhagic fever.
