Mesh term Encephalitis, Arbovirus
Browse to parent terms:Arbovirus Infections
Encephalitis, Viral
RNA Virus Infections
Description
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)Browse to child terms:
Encephalitis, California
Encephalitis, Japanese
Encephalitis, St. Louis
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
West Nile Fever
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