equine encephalitis

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Noun1.equine encephalitis - encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis - inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has been detected in several sentinel chickens, according to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, CNN reported.
Louis encephalitis, and eastern equine encephalitis viruses, cause sporadic cases of disease and occasional outbreaks.
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is one of many alphaviruses transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes (1,2).
It was reported yesterday that the collaboration is aimed at the development of a prophylactic vaccine against the equine encephalitis virus, a rare yet deadly mosquito-borne illness.
The most common are West Nile virus (WNV), eastern equine encephalitis, and St.
The scientists used the eTXP cells isolated from human umbilical cord perivascular tissue, and engineered them by adding a gene encoding a humanized Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV)-neutralizing antibody (anti-VEEV).
Global Markets Direct's, 'Equine Encephalitis - Pipeline Review, H1 2016', provides an overview of the Equine Encephalitis pipeline landscape.
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