Rocio viral encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Rocio virus (ROCV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. ROCV was first isolated in 1975 in Brazil.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H02171 Rocio viral encephalitis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C87 Rocio viral encephalitis
H02171 Rocio viral encephalitis
Pathogen
Rocio virus [GN:T40329]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1C87
Reference
PMID:17622628
Authors
Medeiros DB, Nunes MR, Vasconcelos PF, Chang GJ, Kuno G
Title
Complete genome characterization of Rocio virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae), a Brazilian flavivirus isolated from a fatal case of encephalitis during an epidemic in Sao Paulo state.
Journal
J Gen Virol 88:2237-46 (2007) DOI:10.1099/vir.0.82883-0