western equine encephalitis
An acute arboviral infection caused by an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family transmitted by an infected mosquito, that more frequently affects children and that is characterized by the presence of mild flulike symptoms (fever, chills, headache, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia) but that can progress to weakness, altered mental status, photophobia, mental confusion, seizures, somnolence, coma and/or even death. The disease can leave neurological sequelae, mainly in infants and children, such as seizures, spasticity or behavioral disorders.
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Alphavirus infectious disease
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MONDO:0020601
mosquito-borne viral encephalitis
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Western equine encephalitis virus caused infectious encephalitis
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Western equine encephalitis virus infectious encephalitis
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Western equine encephalomyelitis
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