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Descriptor English: Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Descriptor Spanish: Virus de la Encefalitis Equina del Este
Descriptor virus de la encefalitis equina del este
Entry term(s) virus EEE
virus de la encefalomielitis equina del Este
Scope note: Especie de ALPHAVIRUS que produce encefalomielitis en équidos y en humanos. El virus se encuentra en la costa atlántica de Estados Unidos y Canadá y tan al sur como el Caribe, Méjico y parte de América Central y del Sur. La infección de los caballos presenta una mortalidad de hasta el 90 por ciento y en el hombre alcanza hasta el 80 por ciento en las epidemias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus da Encefalite Equina do Leste
Descriptor French: Virus de l'encéphalite équine de l'Est
Entry term(s): EEE Virus
EEE Viruses
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Tree number(s): B04.820.230.150
B04.820.578.875.054.320
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004663
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE but see note there
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
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ALPHAVIRUSES 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1975-80
History Note: 91(75); was see under ALPHAVIRUSES 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1975-80
Entry Version: ENCEPH VIRUS EASTERN EQUINE
DeCS ID: 4748
Unique ID: D004663
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine - Preferred
Concept UI M0007342
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Entry term(s) EEE Virus
EEE Viruses
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine



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