"La Crosse virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A serotype of the species California encephalitis virus (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA), in the genus ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS, causing human MENINGOENCEPHALITIS. This is the agent most responsible for California encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA), the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognized in the United States.
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D018062
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.087.640.300.500 B04.820.230.100.500
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "La Crosse virus" by people in Profiles.
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Safety and pharmacokinetics of ribavirin for the treatment of la crosse encephalitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Oct; 30(10):860-5.
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La Crosse encephalitis presenting like herpes simplex encephalitis in an immunocompromised adult. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Oct; 31(4):1113-4.