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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Encephalitis Viruses > Encephalitis Virus, California > La Crosse virus
... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Bunyaviridae > Orthobunyavirus > Encephalitis Virus, California > La Crosse virus

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La Crosse virus  

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Entry terms

  • LaCrosse Virus

Note

  • infection: coord IM with ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA (IM)

Scope note

  • A serotype of the species California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA), in the genus ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS, causing human MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. This is the agent most responsible for California encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA), the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognized in the United States.

History note

  • 94; was see CALIFORNIA GROUP VIRUSES 1976-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018062

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