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Descriptor English:
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Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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virus de la encefalitis equina del este
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Vírus da Encefalite Equina do Leste
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Synonyms English:
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EEE Virus
EEE Viruses
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Encephalomyelitis Virus, Eastern Equine
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Tree Number:
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B04.820.230.150
B04.820.850.054.320
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Definition English:
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A species of ALPHAVIRUS causing encephalomyelitis in Equidae and humans. The virus ranges along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States and Canada and as far south as the Caribbean, Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. Infections in horses show a mortality of up to 90 percent and in humans as high as 80 percent in epidemics. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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infection: coord IM with ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE (IM) but see note there; DF: note short X ref
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under ALPHAVIRUSES 1981-90; was see under ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES 1975-80
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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4748
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Unique Identifier:
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D004663
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DeCS
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