A genus of viruses (family Rhabdoviridae) that includes the vesicular stomatitis virus (of cattle) and related viruses.
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Ves·ic·u·lo·vi·rus (və-sikґu-lo-vi″rəs) [L. vesicula vesicle + virus] vesicular stomatitis-like viruses: a genus of viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae that includes viruses that cause vesicular stomatitis in swine, cattle, and horses and related viruses that infect other animals. Mosquitoes, sandflies, and ticks are vectors, and some viral species have been isolated only from arthropods. vesiculoviral adjMedical dictionary. 2011.