Murray Valley encephalitis
- Murray Valley encephalitis
Mur·ray Val·ley encephalitis 'mər-ē-'val-ē- n an encephalitis that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus
Flavivirus (
species Murray Valley encephalitis virus) closely related to Japanese B encephalitis, that tends to affect children seriously, and that occurred in Australia in epidemics of the 1920s and early 1950s
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a type of epidemic encephalitis seen in Australia and New Guinea, caused by a flavivirus with its reservoir in birds and mosquitoes; epidemics are infrequent, with children the most seriously affected.
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