VIRUS TYPE SUMMARY PAGE

Togaviridae: Eastern equine encephalitis virus

Summary Information
Classification Virus / Togaviridae / Type:

(Classification of virus types is an evolving discipline. The information in Wildpro has been carefully referenced to the source material, as far as possible. Readers requiring further clarification should consult the source materials and more recent publications. Classification information in Wildpro will be altered when clear and scientifically endorsed new information regarding taxonomic divisions becomes available to us.

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Alternative Names EEE Virus
Notes More detailed information available at family level (Togaviridae)
Taxa Groups (hyperlinked if included as Wildpro Modules) containing host species which have been recorded as infected by this organism.
Associated Waterfowl Diseases Eastern Equine Encepalitis (Eastern encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, Eastern encephalomyelitis, EEE, EE) Waterfowl Disease Summary Mosquito-transmitted viral infection which may cause posterior paralysis and is sometimes fatal.
Waterfowl in which the virus  has been recorded (Disease not necessarily recorded)

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