Vesicular stomatitis fever is an infectious disease caused by Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), belonging to the genus Vesiculovirus, within the family Rhabdoviridae and the order Mononegavirales of -ssRNA viruses. Clinical disease has been observed in cattle, horses, pigs and camel. The VSV is zoonotic and causes flu-like symptom. Encephalitis is rare but may occur in children. The transmission is more likely by trans-cutaneous or transmucosal route.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D4Y Other specified arthropod-borne viral fevers
H02509 Vesicular stomatitis fever
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H02509 Vesicular stomatitis fever
Pathogen
Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus
