| ARE | active-resistive exercises; AIDS-related encephalitis |
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| CAE | caprine arthritis-encephalitis; cellulose acetate electrophoresis; contingent after-effects; coronar... |
| CAEV | caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus |
| CDE | canine distemper encephalitis; chlordiazepoxide; color Doppler energy [imaging]; common duct explora... |
| CE | California encephalitis; cardiac enlargement; cardioesophageal; carotid endarterectomy; catamenial e... |
| California encephalitis | Encephalitis of abrupt onset, with severe frontal headache and low-grade to moderate fever, caused by members of the genus Bunyavirus (Bunyaviridae family); infections also occur in rodents, lagomorphs, and domestic animals. Synonym: California encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| van Bogaert encephalitis | <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| varicella encephalitis | Encephalitis occurring as a complication of chickenpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vernal encephalitis | 1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats. Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Western subtype). 2. (Eastern subtype) tick-borne encephalitis, a severe form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ticks (Ixodes pertulcatus and I. Ricinus). Synonym: Russian tick-borne encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Central European tick-borne encephalitis virus | One of the virus's of the tick-borne encephalitis complex of group B arboviruses (genus Flavivirus); the causative agent of tick-borne encephalitis (Central European subtype). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mengo encephalitis | An encephalitis occurring in Africa, due to the Mengo strain of encephalomyocarditis virus, a member of the Picornaviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| West Nile encephalitis virus | Caused by a virus in the family Flaviviridae. Synonym: West Nile virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| woodcutter's encephalitis | 1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats. Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Western subtype). 2. (Eastern subtype) tick-borne encephalitis, a severe form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ticks (Ixodes pertulcatus and I. Ricinus). Synonym: Russian tick-borne encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Murray Valley encephalitis | A severe encephalitis with a high mortality rate occurring in the Murray Valley of Australia; the disease is most severe in children and is characterised by headache, fever, malaise, drowsiness or convulsions, and rigidity of the neck; extensive brain damage may result; it is caused by the Murray Valley encephalitis virus (genus Flavivirus). Synonym: Australian X disease, Australian X encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Murray Valley encephalitis virus | A group B arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis; it is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, and also infects birds and horses. Synonym: Australian X disease virus, MVE virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Coxsackie encephalitis | A viral encephalitis, seen mainly in infants and involving principally the gray matter of the medulla and cord, caused by Enterovirus Coxsackie B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postvaccinal encephalitis | A severe type of encephalomyelitis that can follow the rabies vaccination. Synonym: postvaccinal encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Powassan encephalitis | <neurology, paediatrics> An acute disease of children varying clinically from undifferentiated febrile illness to encephalitis. It is caused by the Powassan virus, a member of the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ixodid ticks; most frequently seen in Canada. (05 Mar 2000) |
| herpes encephalitis | The most common acute encephalitis, caused by HSV-1; affects persons of any age; preferentially involves the inferomedial portions of the temporal lobe and the orbital portions of the frontal lobes; pathologically, severe haemorrhagic necrosis is present along with, in the acute stages, intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the neurons and glial cells. Synonym: acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| herpes simplex encephalitis | The most common acute encephalitis, caused by HSV-1; affects persons of any age; preferentially involves the inferomedial portions of the temporal lobe and the orbital portions of the frontal lobes; pathologically, severe haemorrhagic necrosis is present along with, in the acute stages, intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the neurons and glial cells. Synonym: acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |