Jamestown Canyon encephalitis is a rare infectious disease characterized by acute fever, meningitis, or meningoencephalitis. It is caused by Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a mosquito-borne orthobunyavirus in the California serogroup in the order Bunyavirales of -ssRNA viruses. JCV was first isolated in 1961 from mosquitoes in Jamestown, Colorado. Since then, the virus has been isolated from various mosquito species. JCV neutralizing antibodies have been found in various mammals throughout mainland North America, and identified in humans.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H02511 Jamestown Canyon encephalitis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C80 Viral encephalitis not elsewhere classified
H02511 Jamestown Canyon encephalitis
Pathogen
Jamestown Canyon virus [GN:T40369]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1C80
MeSH:
D002141
Reference
PMID:31533182
Authors
Gill CM, Beckham JD, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Pastula DM
Title
Five Emerging Neuroinvasive Arboviral Diseases: Cache Valley, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon, Powassan, and Usutu.