Murray Valley encephalitis, previously known as Australian encephalitis, is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. MVEV was first isolated in 1951 in Australia.
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Viral infectious disease
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Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C88 Murray Valley encephalitis
H01536 Murray Valley encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01536 Murray Valley encephalitis