Svensk definition
Infektioner i hjärnan orsakade av leddjursburna virus (arbovirus: arthropod-borne viruses), främst från familjerna Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, Reoviridae och Rhabdoviridae. Dessa virus framkallar zoonoser, med fåglar och lägre däggdjur som mellamvärdar. Till människa överförs virus genom mygg- eller fästingbett. Kliniska kännetecken är feber, huvudvärk, mentala och neurologiska symtom, och koma.
Engelsk definition
Infections of the brain caused by arthropod-borne viruses (i.e., arboviruses) primarily from the families TOGAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; and RHABDOVIRIDAE. Life cycles of these viruses are characterized by ZOONOSES, with birds and lower mammals serving as intermediate hosts. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) or TICKS. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, alterations of mentation, focal neurologic deficits, and COMA. (From Clin Microbiol Rev 1994 Jan;7(1):89-116; Walton, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, 10th ed, p321)
Svenska synonymer
Hjärninflammation, epidemisk — Epidemisk encefalit
Engelska synonymer
Arbovirus Encephalitides — Arbovirus Encephalitis — Epidemic Encephalitis — Epidemic Encephalitides — Viral Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne — Viral Encephalitis, Arthropod Borne — Arthropod-Borne Encephalitis — Arthropod Borne Encephalitis — Arthropod-Borne Encephalitides — Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitis — Arthropod Borne Viral Encephalitis — Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitides — Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne Viral — Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne — Encephalitis, Arthropod Borne — Arboviral Encephalitis — Arboviral Encephalitides — Encephalitis, Arboviral — Encephalitis, Epidemic — Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis — Mosquito Borne Encephalitis — Mosquito-Borne Encephalitides — Encephalitis, Mosquito-Borne — Encephalitis, Mosquito Borne — Australian Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Australian — Murray Valley Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Murray Valley — Valley Encephalitis, Murray