[Epidemic of Venezuelan equine encephalitis in the Republic of Mexico in 1971. Preliminary report].
1971
J Jiménez Cantú, and
C Campillo Sainz, and
J Alvarez Tostado, and
E González Carbajal
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D008800
Mexico
A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D004683
Encephalomyelitis, Equine
A group of ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS which affect horses and man, transmitted via the bites of mosquitoes. Disorders in this category are endemic to regions of South America and North America. In humans, clinical manifestations vary with the type of infection, and range from a mild influenza-like syndrome to a fulminant encephalitis. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp8-10)