H01534 | |
H number | H01534 |
Name | Western equine encephalitis |
Description | Western equine encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV), an alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. WEEV was first isolated in 1930 in California, USA. |
Category | Viral infectious disease |
Network | - |
Gene | - |
Pathogen | Western equine encephalitis virus [GN:T40053] |
Env factor | - |
Carcinogen | - |
Drug | - |
Comment | - |
Other DBs | ICD-11: 1C83 ICD-10: A83.1 MeSH: D020241 |
Reference | PMID:20631130 AUTHORS Sherman MB, Weaver SC TITLE Structure of the recombinant alphavirus Western equine encephalitis virus revealed by cryoelectron microscopy. JOURNAL J Virol 84:9775-82 (2010) DOI:10.1128/JVI.00876-10 PMID:24899192 AUTHORS Bergren NA, Auguste AJ, Forrester NL, Negi SS, Braun WA, Weaver SC TITLE Western equine encephalitis virus: evolutionary analysis of a declining alphavirus based on complete genome sequences. JOURNAL J Virol 88:9260-7 (2014) DOI:10.1128/JVI.01463-14 |