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Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine

Known as: Encephalitis, Western Equine, Western equine encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) 
A form of arboviral encephalitis (which primarily affects horses) endemic to western and central regions of NORTH AMERICA. The causative organism… (More)

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Arthropod-borne disease, unspecifiedEncephalomyelitis, EquineInfectious EncephalitisMosquito-borne viral encephalitis
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
microRNAs regulate human embryonic stem cell division.
microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate numerous physiological processes such as cell division and differentiation in many tissue types… (More)
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2003
2003
Experimental infection of California birds with western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses.
A total of 27 bird species from the San Joaquin and Coachella valleys of California were inoculated subcutaneously with sympatric… (More)
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1997
1997
Recombinational history and molecular evolution of western equine encephalomyelitis complex alphaviruses.
Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) was shown previously to have arisen by recombination… (More)
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1994
1994
Natural vertical transmission of western equine encephalomyelitis virus in mosquitoes.
The mechanism by which western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus and other mosquito-borne alphaviruses (Togaviridae) survive… (More)
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1993
1993
Effect of temperature on the transmission of western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses by Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae).
The extrinsic incubation rate (inverse of the time in days from infection to median transmission) of western equine… (More)
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1993
1993
Western equine encephalomyelitis: virulence markers and their epidemiologic significance.
Comparative studies are described on the virulence of the western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) complex viruses for mice. Three… (More)
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1993
1993
A comparison of the nucleotide sequences of eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis viruses with those of other alphaviruses and related RNA viruses.
The complete nucleotide sequence of a 1982 Florida strain of eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE) virus, and partial sequence… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Western equine encephalitis virus is a recombinant virus.
The alphaviruses are a group of 26 mosquito-borne viruses that cause a variety of human diseases. Many of the New World… (More)
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1983
1983
Effect of temperature of extrinsic incubation on the vector competence of Culex tarsalis for western equine encephalomyelitis virus.
Culex tarsalis was a less competent vector of western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE) virus after 2-3 weeks' extrinsic incubation… (More)
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1981
1981
Dissemination barriers for western equine encephalomyelitis virus in Culex tarsalis infected after ingestion of low viral doses.
There are two dose-dependent barriers to the transmission of western equine encephalomyelitis virus in infected female Culex… (More)
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