WordNet
equine encephalitis
n. encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse [syn: equine encephalomyelitis]
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Equine encephalitis
Equine encephalitis is a family of horse diseases. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. Several forms of viral encephalitis can infect equines, and these include:
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- Japanese encephalitis
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
- Western equine encephalitis virus
- West Nile virus
Usage examples of "equine encephalitis".
Louis Encephalitis, West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Western Equine, LaCrosse Encephalitis .
Then there were all the diseases one is vulnerable to in the woods--giardiasis, eastern equine encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.
Eastern equine encephalitis, caused by the prick of a mosquito, attacks the brain and central nervous system.