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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:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
Alphavirus
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus
  • EEEV (Eastern equine encephalitis virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4480
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