Venezuelan equine encephalitis

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types of encephalitis

  • In encephalitis: Epidemics of encephalitis

    …Colombia were infected with the Venezuelan strain, which had also spread north through Central America and Mexico and into the United States, causing illness in thousands more people and killing tens of thousands of equines as it spread. A 2002 West Nile virus epidemic in the United States was the…

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  • equine encephalitis
    In equine encephalitis

    …Western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE), which are among the most prevalent and are caused by strains of togavirus. The virulent Western type has a mortality as high as 90 percent in horses and 10 percent in humans. Other types include Japanese encephalitis and St. Louis encephalitis,…

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