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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. ssRNA viruses
  3. positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses
  4. Togaviridae
  5. Alphavirus
  6. Eastern equine encephalitis virus
  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Alsuviricetes
  3. Martellivirales
  4. Togaviridae
  5. Alphavirus
  6. Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Preferred term

Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus
  • EEEV (Eastern equine encephalitis virus)

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4480

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