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Arboviral encephalitides
Occupational Disease Arboviral encephalitides
Arboviral encephalitides Category Infection, Occupational
Arboviral encephalitides Severity
Acute-Severe
Arboviral encephalitides Synonyms
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE); St. Louis encephalitis (SLE); Japanese encephalitis (JE); West Nile encephalitis (WNV); Western and Eastern Equine encephalitis (WEE) (EEE); Central European encephalitis (CEE); Russian spring-summer encephalitis
Information on Arboviral encephalitides Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
The term arbovirus comes from ARthropod BOrne. Mosquitoes and ticks are vectors for these viral infections which are usually asymptomatic. Encephalitis develops in a small proportion of cases. These viruses are laboratory hazards (Biosafety Level 3 or 4). "There are no commercially available human vaccines for these U.S. diseases. There is a Japanese encephaltitis vaccine available in the U.S. A tick-borne encephalitis vaccine is available in Europe. An equine vaccine is available for EEE, WEE and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE)." [CDC: Arboviral encephalitides]
Arboviral encephalitides Latency
1-6 days
Arboviral encephalitides References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/arbdet.htm