| encephalitis subcorticalis chronica | One of the causes of multiinfarct dementia, in which there are many infarcts and lacunes in the white matter, with relative sparing of the cortex and basal ganglia. Synonym: Binswanger's encephalopathy, encephalitis subcorticalis chronica, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| encephalitis virus | Any one of a variety of virus's that cause encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encephalitis virus, eastern equine | A species of alphavirus causing encephalomyelitis in equidae and humans. The virus ranges along the atlantic seaboard of the united states and canada and as far south as the caribbean, mexico, and parts of central and south america. Infections in horses show a mortality of up to 90 percent and in humans as high as 80 percent in epidemics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis virus, japanese | A species of flavivirus, one of the japanese encephalitis virus group (encephalitis viruses, japanese), which is the aetiological agent of japanese encephalitis found in asia, southeast asia, and the indian subcontinent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis virus, murray valley | A species of flavivirus, one of the japanese encephalitis virus group (encephalitis viruses, japanese), found in Australia and new guinea. It causes a fulminating viraemia resembling japanese encephalitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis virus, st. louis | A species of flavivirus, one of the japanese encephalitis virus group (encephalitis viruses, japanese), which is the aetiologic agent of st. Louis encephalitis in the united states, the caribbean, and central and south america. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis virus, venezuelan equine | A species of alphavirus that is the aetiologic agent of equine encephalomyelitis in humans and equines. It is seen most commonly in parts of central and south america. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis virus, western equine | A species of alphavirus that is the aetiologic agent of equine encephalomyelitis in humans and equines in the united states, southern canada, and parts of south america. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis viruses | A collection of single-stranded RNA viruses scattered across the bunyaviridae, flaviviridae, and togaviridae families whose common property is the ability to induce encephalitic conditions in infected hosts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis viruses, japanese | A subgroup of the genus flavivirus which comprises a number of viral species that are the aetiologic agents of human encephalitis in many different geographical regions. These include japanese encephalitis virus (encephalitis virus, japanese), st. Louis encephalitis virus (encephalitis virus, st. Louis), kunjin virus, murray valley encephalitis virus (encephalitis virus, murray valley), and west nile virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis viruses, tick-borne | A subgroup of the genus flavivirus that causes encephalitis and haemorrhagic fevers and is found in eastern and western europe and the former soviet union. It is transmitted by tick vectors and there is an associated milk-borne transmission from viraemic cattle, goats, and sheep. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis, california | Mosquito-borne infection with california group of the bunyavirus genus. most california encephalitis is caused by the la crosse virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis, epidemic | A viral encephalitis caused by encephalitis viruses, all arboviruses. The severity of the encephalitis depends upon which virus strain causes the infection. The viruses are maintained by inapparent zoonoses in birds and lower vertebrates, and are transmitted to humans via arthropod vectors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis, japanese | A form of epidemic encephalitis occurring in japan and other pacific islands, china, manchuria, the former ussr, and probably much of the far east. It may occur as a symptomless, subclinical infection, or as an acute meningoencephalomyelitis with cortical damage and cord lesions resembling those of poliomyelitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis, st. louis | A form of epidemic encephalitis, clinically similar to western equine encephalitis, occurring in late summer and early fall and transmitted usually by mosquitoes of the genus culex. (12 Dec 1998) |