| appl | appliance; application, applied |
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| DAP&E | Diploma of Applied Parasitology and Entomology |
| IAM | Institute of Applied Microbiology [Japan]; Institute of Aviation Medicine; internal auditory meatus |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| JAN | Japanese accepted name |
| JEV | Japanese B encephalitis virus |
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| JOA | Japanese Orthopaedic Association |
| a | applied |
| Japanese B encephalitis virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus (group B arbovirus) occurring particularly in Japan but probably widespread throughout Southeast Asia; the virus is normally present in humans, especially in children, as an inapparent infection, but may cause febrile response and sometimes encephalitis; it may cause encephalitis in horses and abortion in pigs; wild birds are probably the natural hosts and culicine mosquitoes the vectors. Synonym: Russian autumn encephalitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Japanese dysentery | Infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. Flexneri, or other organisms. Synonym: Japanese dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Japanese river fever | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |