Rocio viral encephalitis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by Rocio virus (ROCV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. ROCV was first isolated in 1975 in Brazil.
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
1C87 Rocio viral encephalitis
H02171 Rocio viral encephalitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H02171 Rocio viral encephalitis
Medeiros DB, Nunes MR, Vasconcelos PF, Chang GJ, Kuno G
Title
Complete genome characterization of Rocio virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae), a Brazilian flavivirus isolated from a fatal case of encephalitis during an epidemic in Sao Paulo state.
