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ID DOID:0050118
PURL http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050118 Copy
Name La Crosse encephalitis
Definition A viral infectious disease that results_in inflammation located_in brain, has_material_basis_in La Crosse virus (Orthobunyavirus lacrosseense), which is primarily transmitted_by treehole mosquito (Ochlerotatus triseriatus) but also Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus). The infection has_symptom seizures, has_symptom headache, has_symptom fever, has_symptom coma, and has_symptom paralysis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Crosse_encephalitis, https://www.cdc.gov/la-crosse-encephalitis/about/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562248/
Xrefs

ICD10CM:A83.5

ICD9CM:062.5

MESH:D004670

SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:69627004

UMLS_CUI:C0014053

Alternateids

DOID:10840

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

California Encephalitis [EXACT]

California virus encephalitis [EXACT]

Neuroinvasive California encephalitis virus infection [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a brain disease

is_a viral infectious disease

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