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Descriptor English: La Crosse virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus La Crosse
Descriptor virus de La Crosse
Scope note: Serotipo de la especie del virus de la encefalitis de California (VIRUS DE LA ENCEFALITIS DE CALIFORNIA), del género BUNYAVIRUS que causa meningoencefalitis en el hombre. Éste es el agente responsable de la encefalitis de California (ENCEFALITIS DE CALIFORNIA), la enfermedad transmitida por mosquitos de mayor prevalencia en Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus La Crosse
Descriptor French: Virus de La Crosse
Entry term(s): LaCrosse Virus
Tree number(s): B04.820.230.100.500
B04.820.480.750.640.300.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018062
Scope note: A serotype of the species California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA), in the genus ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS, causing human MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. This is the agent most responsible for California encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA), the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognized in the United States.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA (IM); DF: LAC VIRUS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: California Group Viruses (1975-1993)
Encephalitis Viruses (1972-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 94; was see CALIFORNIA GROUP VIRUSES 1976-93
Online Note: use CALIFORNIA GROUP VIRUSES to search LA CROSSE VIRUS 1976-93
History Note: 94; was see CALIFORNIA GROUP VIRUSES 1976-93
Entry Version: LAC VIRUS
Related: Encephalitis, California MeSH
DeCS ID: 31368
Unique ID: D018062
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/04
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
La Crosse virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0027251
Scope note A serotype of the species California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA), in the genus ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS, causing human MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. This is the agent most responsible for California encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA), the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognized in the United States.
Preferred term La Crosse virus
Entry term(s) LaCrosse Virus



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