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Descriptions

Flavivirus is a genus of the family Flaviviridae that includes the West Nile virus, dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, and several other viruses which may cause encephalitis. Flaviviruses are named from the yellow fever virus, the type virus for the family; flavus means yellow in Latin. Yellow fever in turn was named because of its propensity to cause yellow jaundice in victims. Flaviviruses share a common size (40-65 nm), symmetry (enveloped, icosahedral nucleocapsid), nucleic acid (positive-sense, single stranded RNA approximately 10,000-11,000 bases), and appearance in the electron microscope. These viruses are transmitted by the bite from an infected arthropod (mosquito or tick). Human infections with these viruses are typically incidental, as humans are unable to replicate the virus to high enough titres to reinfect arthropods and thus continue the virus life cycle. The exceptions to this are yellow fever and dengue viruses, which still require mosquito vectors, but are well-enough adapted to humans as to not necessarily depend upon animal hosts (although both continue have important animal transmission routes as well). Other virus transmission routes include handling infected animal carcasses, blood transfusion, child birth and through consumption of unpasteurised milk products. The transmission from animals to humans without an intermediate vector arthropod is thought to be unlikely. For example, early tests with yellow fever showed that the disease is not contagious. 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

Flaviviruses assemble as fusion-incompetent immature particles and then undergo conformational change leading to release of infectious virions. Flavivirus infections also produce combined 'mosaic' particles which can be measured. PMID: 21566648 Source: Regenstrief LOINC, PMID: 21566648

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Japanese encephalitis+Tick-borne encephalitis+West Nile+Yellow fever virus
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2015-10-30
Construct for LOINC Short Name
JEV+TBEV+WNV+YFV

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) Japanse-encefalitisvirus + tekenencefalitisvirus + West-Nijlvirus + gelekoortsvirus
Synonyms: JEV + TBEV + WNV + gelekoortsvirus; Japanse-encefalitisvirus + tekenencefalitisvirus + West Nile virus + gelekoortsvirus
zh-CN Chinese (China) 日本脑炎病毒+森林脑炎病毒+西尼罗河病毒+黄热病病毒
Synonyms: 日本脑炎病毒（B 型脑炎、B 型脑炎病毒、JBE、JE 病毒、JEV、乙型脑炎、乙型脑炎病毒、乙脑、乙脑病毒）+森林脑炎病毒（蜱传脑炎病毒、蜱媒脑炎病毒、TBEV、壁虱性脑炎病毒）+西尼罗河病毒（西尼罗河热病毒、WNV）+黄热病病毒（YFV、黄热病毒）
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Encefalitais japonesa+encefalitis transmitida por garrapata+virus del nilo occidental + virus de la fiebre amarilla
it-IT Italian (Italy) Encefalite giapponese+encefalite trasmessa da zecca+Occidentale+Nilo+febbre gialla
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Japanese encefalitis+Tick-borne encefalitis+West Nile+Yellow fever virüs
pl-PL Polish (Poland) Wirus Japońskiego zapalenia mózgu+kleszczowego zapalenia mózgu+Zachodniego Nilu+żółtej febry