loading...| Preferred Name |
Eastern equine encephalitis |
| ID |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_83594 |
| alternative_term |
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis |
| definition |
An acute arboviral infection caused by an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family transmitted by an infected mosquito, that is characterized by the onset of flulike symptoms including fever, chills, weakness, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain with diarrhea, myalgia, leucocytosis, and hematuria, rapidly progressing to diffuse central nervous system (CNS) involvement with confusion, somnolence, or even coma. Seizures, which may progress to status epilepticus and neurologic sequelae, cranial nerve palsies, and photophobia may occur. EEE is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. |
| definition_citation |
Orphanet |
| expertlink |
https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=83594 |
| has_age_of_onset |
All ages |
| has_inheritance |
Not applicable |
| hasDbXref |
ICD-10:A83.2 MedDRA:10014587 UMLS:C0153065 ICD-11:1C84 |
| label |
Eastern equine encephalitis |
| notation |
ORPHA:83594 |
| part_of | |
| prefixIRI |
ORDO:Orphanet_83594 |
| prefLabel |
Eastern equine encephalitis |
| present_in |
Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown United States AND has_annual_incidence_average_value : 0.01 AND has_annual_incidence_range : <1 / 1 000 000 |
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