Saint Louis encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. SLEV was first isolated in 1933 in St Louis, Missouri, 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
1C86 St Louis encephalitis
H02166 Saint Louis encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H02166 Saint Louis encephalitis