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La Crosse encephalitis
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\lə-ˈkrȯs-\
Medical Definition of La Crosse encephalitis
: an encephalitis typically affecting children that is caused by the La Crosse virus transmitted especially by a mosquito of the genus Aedes (A. triseriatus)
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