DISEASE: Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

Entry

H00379                      Disease

Name

Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

Subgroup

Japanese encephalitis [DS:H01533]
Saint Louis encephalitis [DS:H02166]
Murray Valley encephalitis [DS:H01536]
Rocio viral encephalitis [DS:H02171]
Western equine encephalitis [DS:H01534]
Eastern equine encephalitis [DS:H01535]
Venezuelan equine encephalitis [DS:H01547]
La Crosse encephalitis [DS:H01537]

Description

Mosquito-borne viral encephalitides are infections of the central nervous system caused by arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses) and transmitted by mosquitoes. Arboviruses are zoonotic viruses and consist of taxonomically different viruses, including flavivirus, alphavirus and bunyavirus.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by viruses
H00379 Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

Pathogen

Japanese encephalitis virus [GN:T40052] (+ssRNA flavivirus)
Saint Louis encephalitis virus [GN:T40327] (+ssRNA flavivirus)
Murray Valley encephalitis virus [GN:T40055] (+ssRNA flavivirus)
Rocio virus [GN:T40329] (+ssRNA flavivirus)
Western equine encephalitis virus [GN:T40053] (+ssRNA alphavirus)
Eastern equine encephalitis virus [GN:T40054] (+ssRNA alphavirus)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus [GN:T40028] (+ssRNA alphavirus)
La Crosse virus [GN:T40056] (-ssRNA phlebovirus)

Other DBs

ICD-10:

A83

Reference

PMID:21802875

Authors

Stahl JP, Mailles A, Dacheux L, Morand P

Title

Epidemiology of viral encephalitis in 2011.

Journal

Med Mal Infect 41:453-64 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.medmal.2011.05.015

Reference

PMID:18262042

Authors

Gould EA, Solomon T

Title

Pathogenic flaviviruses.

Journal

Lancet 371:500-9 (2008)
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60238-X

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