La Crosse encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by La Crosse virus (LACV), a phlebovirus in the order Bunyavirales of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. LACV belongs to the serogroup of California encephalitis virus, which was first isolated in 1943 in California.
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
1C8D La Crosse encephalitis
H01537 La Crosse encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01537 La Crosse encephalitis