Japanese encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. JEV was first isolated in 1924 in Japan.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C85 Japanese encephalitis
H01533 Japanese encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01533 Japanese encephalitis
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H01533
Specified pathogens by law in Japan [br08416.html]
H01533