variants:
or less commonly equine encephalomyelitis
Definition of equine encephalitis
: any of three virus diseases chiefly of equines and humans in various parts of North and South America that are transmitted especially by mosquitoes, are characterized in humans by flu-like symptoms which often progress to encephalitis and sometimes to coma and death, and are caused by three togaviruses (species Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and Western equine encephalitis virus of the genus Alphavirus)
a
: one that occurs in the eastern U.S. and Canada
— called also eastern equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis, triple E
b
: one that occurs in the western U.S. and Canada
— called also western equine encephalitis, western equine encephalomyelitis
c
: one that occurs from northern South America to Mexico
— called also Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
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The first known use of equine encephalitis was in 1910
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