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ID DOID:10843
PURL http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10843 Copy
Name Western equine encephalitis
Definition A viral infectious disease that results_in inflammation located_in brain of horses and humans, has_material_basis_in Western equine encephalomyelitis virus (Alphavirus western), which is transmitted_by Culex and transmitted_by Aedes species of mosquitoes. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom headache, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom vomiting, has_symptom anorexia, has_symptom malaise, has_symptom altered mental status, and has_symptom weakness.
https://www.cdc.gov/wee/about/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470228/
Xrefs

GARD:7888

ICD10CM:A83.1

ICD9CM:062.1

MESH:D020241

NCI:C85227

SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:47523006

UMLS_CUI:C0153064

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

NCIthesaurus

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

WEE [RELATED]

Parent Relationships

is_a brain disease

is_a viral infectious disease

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