Outside the United States, Japanese encephalitis is one of the most common causes of encephalitis worldwide. Any injury, ...

In most cases, the West Nile virus — a flavivirus in the same family as yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese ... affecting the nervous system, such as encephalitis (inflammation of the brain ...

What other mosquito-borne illnesses affect the brain? The short answer would be “most of them.” The major players in the Northeast are eastern equine encephalitis virus, West Nile virus and ...

The cases reported Encephalitis or Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) or Chamki fever can be explained to an extent as the inflammatory condition in the brain ... due to infection by Japanese ...

West Nile virus is a flavivirus, a viral family that includes St. Louis encephalitis virus, Japanese encephalitis ... inflammation of the membrane around the brain or of the spinal cord.

Eastern equine encephalitis ... The virus is found in North America and the Caribbean, according to the CDC. In humans, the virus can affect the central nervous system, namely the brain and ...

As summer turns to fall, most of the U.S. officially enters peak mosquito season. And with peak mosquito season comes a rise ...

Eastern equine encephalitis, commonly known as EEE or ‘Triple E’, is a virus transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus causes brain inflammation and affects the ...

The US is currently battling a surge in eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but extremely dangerous virus that is spread by mosquitoes. One person has already been killed by the disease in New ...