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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Encephalitis Viruses > Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine

Preferred term

Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of ALPHAVIRUS causing encephalomyelitis in Equidae and humans. The virus ranges along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States and Canada and as far south as the Caribbean, Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. Infections in horses show a mortality of up to 90 percent and in humans as high as 80 percent in epidemics.

Entry terms

  • Eastern equine encephalitis virus
  • Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • EEE Virus
  • Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine
  • txid11021

In other languages

  • French

  • Eastern equine encephalitis virus
  • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus
  • EEEV
  • txid11021
  • Virus de l'encéphalite équine orientale
  • Virus de l'encéphalomyélite équine de l'Est
  • Virus de l'encéphalomyélite équine orientale

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FLDQ5LBL-B

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