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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. jerarquía taxonómica
  2. ssRNA viruses
  3. positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses
  4. Togaviridae
  5. Alphavirus
  6. Western equine encephalitis virus
  1. jerarquía taxonómica
  2. Alsuviricetes
  3. Martellivirales
  4. Togaviridae
  5. Alphavirus
  6. Western equine encephalitis virus

Preferred term

Western equine encephalitis virus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Una especie de Alfavirus que es el agente etiológico de encefalomielitis equina en humanos y equinos en los Estados Unidos, Canadá Meridional y parte de América del Sur. Los mosquitos Culex son los vectores primarios para ambas transmisiones entre las epizootias de aves salvajes y la transmisión en humanos.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • WEEV (Western equine encephalitis virus)
  • Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6996

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