"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018062
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.087.640.300.500 B04.820.230.100.500
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