West-Nile encephalitis
MONDO:0019376Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names West-Nile encephalitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An acute arboviral infection caused by a virus of the Flaviviridae family transmitted by an infected mosquito, that is asymptomatic in the majority of cases but that can present in rare occasions with mild flulike symptoms such as low-grade fever, arthralgia, myalgia, and/or rash, or with neurologic manifestations including meningitis, encephalitis with mental confusion or disorientation, tremors and acute flaccid paralysis/poliomyelitis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019376), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: West-Nile encephalitis
- Also called
- West Nile EncephalitisWest Nile fever with encephalitisWest Nile virus caused infectious encephalitisWest Nile virus infectious encephalitisWest-Nile fever