mengovirus
/ˈmɛŋɡəʊˌvʌɪrəs/(also Mengo virus) Biology
noun
A picornavirus originally found in monkeys but capable of infecting other species, the infection in humans being characterized by encephalomyelitis.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of Immunology. From Mengo, the name of a district near Kampala, Uganda, where the virus was first isolated + virus.