Diseases

Arbovirus Encephalitis

Infections of the brain caused by arthropod-borne viruses (i.e., arboviruses) primarily from the families TOGAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; and RHABDOVIRIDAE. Life cycles of these viruses are characterized by ZOONOSES, with birds and lower mammals serving as intermediate hosts. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) or TICKS. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, alterations of mentation, focal neurologic deficits, and COMA. (From Clin Microbiol Rev 1994 Jan;7(1):89-116; Walton, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, 10th ed, p321)

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Infections of the brain caused by arthropod-borne viruses (i.e., arboviruses) primarily from the families TOGAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; and RHABDOVIRIDAE. Life cycles of these viruses are characterized by ZOONOSES, with birds and lower mammals serving as intermediate hosts. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) or TICKS. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, alterations of mentation, focal neurologic deficits, and COMA. (From Clin Microbiol Rev 1994 Jan;7(1):89-116; Walton, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, 10th ed, p321)

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  • Arboviral Encephalitis
  • Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis
  • Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitis
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus
  • Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne
  • Encephalitis, Epidemic
  • Epidemic Encephalitis
  • Viral Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne
  • Arboviral Encephalitides
  • Arbovirus Encephalitides
  • Arthropod Borne Encephalitis
  • Arthropod Borne Viral Encephalitis
  • Arthropod-Borne Encephalitides
  • Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitides
  • Encephalitis, Arboviral
  • Encephalitis, Arthropod Borne
  • Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne Viral
  • Epidemic Encephalitides
  • Viral Encephalitis, Arthropod Borne
  • Australian Encephalitis
  • Encephalitis, Mosquito-Borne
  • Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis
  • Murray Valley Encephalitis
  • Encephalitis, Australian
  • Encephalitis, Mosquito Borne
  • Encephalitis, Murray Valley
  • Mosquito Borne Encephalitis
  • Mosquito-Borne Encephalitides
  • Valley Encephalitis, Murray

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; despite entry term ENCEPHALITIS, EPIDEMIC not for an "epidemic of encephalitis"

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2000

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arbovirus Encephalitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004671. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004671
  2. Arbovirus Encephalitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbovirus_encephalitis
  3. Arbovirus Encephalitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3401034