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
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C83 Western equine encephalitis
H01534 Western equine encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01534 Western equine encephalitis
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H01534
Specified pathogens by law in Japan [br08416.html]
H01534
