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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > RNA viruses > ssRNA viruses > positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses > Togaviridae > Alphavirus > Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > Riboviria > Orthornavirae > Kitrinoviricota > Alsuviricetes > Martellivirales > Togaviridae > Alphavirus > Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Preferred Term:

Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Definition:
Especies de Alphavirus causando encephalomyelitis en Equidae y humanos. El virus fluctua a lo largo de la costa Atlántica de los Estados unidos y Canada y tiene un alcance tan al sur como el Caribe, México y partes de América Central y del Sur. Infecciones en cabalos muestran una mortalidad de hasta un 90 por ciento y en humanos tan alta como 80% durante epidemias. Mosquitos Culiseta y Aedes son los vectores para la transmisión de esta enfermedad.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Términos Genéricos:
Alphavirus
Términos Relacionados:
Entry Terms:
  • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus
  • EEEV (Eastern equine encephalitis virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4480
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