Studies on Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis

Eastern, Western and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Sleeping Sickness Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE), Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Eastern Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalomyelitis (WEE), Western Equine Encephalitis Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE), Peste Loca, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Venezuelan Encephalitis, Venezuelan Equine Fever

Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE), western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) viruses are mosquito-borne pathogens that can cause nonspecific illnesses and encephalitis in equids (horses, mules, burros, donkeys and zebras) and humans in the Americas. Some of these viruses also affect birds and occasionally other mammals. No specific treatment is a...

Alphaviral equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western and Venezuelan).

Summary Alphaviral equine encephalomyelitis is a mosquito-borne infection that causes severe neurological disease and fatalities in horses and humans in the Americas. Consequently, the equine alphaviruses (Eastern, Western and Venezuelan) are of considerable concern worldwide and are notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health. In addition, these diseases are considered a potent pote...

Studies on Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Iv. Infection in the Mouse with Fresh A~d Fixed Virus

EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (Eastern and Western) SUMMARY Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses belong to the genus Alphavirus of the family

Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses belong to the genus Alphavirus of the family Togaviridae. Alternate infection of birds and mosquitoes maintain these viruses in nature. The disease occurs sporadically in horses and humans from mid-summer to late autumn. Horses and humans are tangential dead-end hosts. The disease in horses is characterised by fever, anorexia, and severe depr...

Studies on Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis I . Histopathology of the Nervous System

The pathology of the nervous system in equine encephalomyelitis has been described for both the Western (1) and the Eastern (2) forms of the disease. Much attention has been paid to the intranuclear inclusion bodies, found in glial and mesodermal cells as well as in neurones. The intense inflammation, together with the necrosis of nerve cells, has been reported. I t is the purpose of this paper...

Some Important Diseases of the Equine Neurological System

Definition and history Inflammation of the brain can be caused by a number of diseases, but one of the preventable causes is viral infection. In addition to Rabies, with which most people have some familiarity, two other families of virus can cause brain infections in horses, resulting in what is commonly termed viral encephalitis. The first and older group is the Alphavirus family (previously ...