Svensk definition
Hjärninflammation orsakad av neurotropa virus som sprids genom fästingbett. I Europa ger olika fästingburna encefalitvirus upphov till RSSE (rysk vår-sommarencefalit), CEE (centraleuropeisk virusencefalit), louping ill-encefalit och liknande sjukdomar. Powassan-encefalit förekommer i Nordamerika och Ryssland och orsakas av Powassanvirus. Aseptisk meningit och i sällsynta fall encefalit kan vara komplikationer till Colorado-fästingfeber, som är endemisk i de västra bergstrakterna i USA.
Engelsk definition
Encephalitis caused by neurotropic viruses that are transmitted via the bite of TICKS. In Europe, the diseases are caused by ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE, which give rise to Russian spring-summer encephalitis, central European encephalitis, louping ill encephalitis, and related disorders. Powassan encephalitis occurs in North America and Russia and is caused by the Powassan virus. ASEPTIC MENINGITIS and rarely encephalitis may complicate COLORADO TICK FEVER which is endemic to mountainous regions of the western United States. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp14-5)
Svenska synonymer
Fästingburen encefalit — TBE
Engelska synonymer
Encephalitis, Tick Borne — Tick-Borne Encephalitis — Tick Borne Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Russian Spring-Summer — Encephalitis, Russian Spring Summer — Spring-Summer Encephalitis, Russian — Russian Spring-Summer Encephalitis — Russian Spring Summer Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Far Eastern Russian — Far Eastern Russian Encephalitis — Encephalitis, European Tick-Borne — Encephalitis, European Tick Borne — Tick-Borne Encephalitis, European — European Tick-Borne Encephalitis — European Tick Borne Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Louping Ill — Louping Ill Encephalitis — Powassan Encephalitis — Encephalitis, Powassan — Powassan Encephalitides — Powassan Virus Disease — Disease, Powassan Virus — Powassan Virus Diseases — Virus Disease, Powassan — Virus Diseases, Powassan — Encephalitis, Central European — Central European Encephalitis