western equine encephalitis
Findings
No curated finding names western equine 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 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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019380), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: western equine encephalitis
- Also called
- Western equine encephalitis virus caused infectious encephalitisWestern equine encephalitis virus infectious encephalitisWestern equine encephalomyelitis