# Jamestown Canyon virus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A North American orthobunyavirus, an arbovirus, that mostly in adults can cause fever, meningitis or meningoencephalitis.

## Etymology
After Jamestown, Colorado, where the virus was first isolated in 1961 from Culiseta mosquitoes.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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