Rocio viral encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Rocio virus (ROCV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. ROCV was first isolated in 1975 in Brazil.
Medeiros DB, Nunes MR, Vasconcelos PF, Chang GJ, Kuno G
タイトル
Complete genome characterization of Rocio virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae), a Brazilian flavivirus isolated from a fatal case of encephalitis during an epidemic in Sao Paulo state.