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EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS
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Descriptor
English
:
Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Virus de la Encefalitis Equina del Este
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vírus da Encefalite Equina do Leste
Synonyms
English
:
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
EEE Virus
Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Tree Number:
B04.820.850.054.320
B04.909.777.270.150
B04.909.777.923.054.320
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
: coord IM with
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
, EQUINE (IM) but see note there; DF: note short X ref
History Note
English
:
91(75); was see under ALPHAVIRUSES 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1975-80
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
Record Number:
4748
Unique Identifier:
D004663
Occurrence in VHL
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