Japanese B encephalitis

Japanese B encephalitis
Jap·a·nese B encephalitis .jap-ə-.nēz-'bē- n an encephalitis that occurs epidemically in Japan and other Asian countries in the summer, is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus (species Japanese encephalitis virus) transmitted by mosquitoes (esp. Culex tritaeniorhyncus), and usu. produces a subclinical infection but may cause acute meningoencephalomyelitis

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