DISEASE: Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Entry

H01547                      Disease

Name

Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Supergrp

Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis [DS:H00379]

Description

Venezuelan equine encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), an alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Ochlerotatus mosquitoes. VEEV was first isolated in 1938 in Venezuela.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
  Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
   H01547  Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Viral infections of the central nervous system
   1C8C  Venezuelan equine encephalitis
    H01547  Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Pathogen

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus [GN:T40028]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1C8C

ICD-10:

A92.2

MeSH:

D004685

Reference

PMID:23968890

Authors

Taylor KG, Paessler S

Title

Pathogenesis of Venezuelan equine encephalitis.

Journal

Vet Microbiol 167:145-50 (2013)
DOI:10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.07.012

Reference

PMID:14651460

Authors

Weaver SC, Ferro C, Barrera R, Boshell J, Navarro JC

Title

Venezuelan equine encephalitis.

Journal

Annu Rev Entomol 49:141-74 (2004)
DOI:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123422

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