Japanese encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. JEV was first isolated in 1924 in Japan.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01533 Japanese encephalitis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C85 Japanese encephalitis
H01533 Japanese encephalitis
Pathogen
Japanese encephalitis virus [GN:T40052]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1C85
ICD-10:
A83.0
MeSH:
D004672
Reference
PMID:19067628
Authors
van den Hurk AF, Ritchie SA, Mackenzie JS
Title
Ecology and geographical expansion of Japanese encephalitis virus.
Journal
Annu Rev Entomol 54:17-35 (2009) DOI:10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090510
Reference
PMID:11930023
Authors
Tiroumourougane SV, Raghava P, Srinivasan S
Title
Japanese viral encephalitis.
Journal
Postgrad Med J 78:205-15 (2002) DOI:10.1136/pmj.78.918.205