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Descriptions

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. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

La Crosse virus is a mosquito-borne virus causing encephalitis in the United States at higher rates than bacterial meningitis. The disease is recurrent during warm seasons in the Mid-West and mid-Atlantic whose hardwood trees provide breeding sites for the mosquito species Aedes triseriatus. Testing for La Crosse virus should be perfomed on young patients with symptoms of encephalitis in these two parts of the United States during the summer and fall. PMID: 9494831 Source: Regenstrief LOINC

La Crosse encephalitis is an encephalitis caused by an arbovirus (the La Crosse virus) which has a mosquito vector (Ochlerotatus triseriatus synonym Aedes triseriatus).

Historically, most cases of LAC encephalitis occur in the upper Midwestern states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). Recently, more cases are being reported from states in the mid-Atlantic (West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina) and southeastern (Alabama and Mississippi) regions of the country. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
La Crosse virus
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
LACV

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 拉克罗斯病毒
Synonyms: La Crosse 病毒;LACV;加利福尼亚脑炎病毒;加州脑炎病毒
fr-CA French (Canada) Virus La Crosse
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Virus La Crosse
it-IT Italian (Italy) La Crosse, virus
Synonyms: Virus di La Crosse
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) La Crosse virüsü
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Ла-Кросс вирус
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) La Crosse-virus
fr-BE French (Belgium) Virus La Crosse
pl-PL Polish (Poland) La Crosse wirus
Synonyms: Wirus La Crosse