Eastern equine encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), an alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. EEEV was first isolated in 1933 in Virginia, 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
1C84 Eastern equine encephalitis
H01535 Eastern equine encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01535 Eastern equine encephalitis