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Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

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.

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Abstract

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.

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5 entry terms
  • EEE Virus
  • Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
  • Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine
  • EEE Viruses

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

infection: coordinate with ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE but see note there

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History Note

91(75); was see under ALPHAVIRUSES 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1975-80

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004663. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004663
  2. Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306966