Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
equine encephalomyelitis Function:
noun : any of three encephalomyelitides that attack chiefly equines and humans in various parts of No. and So. America andare caused by three related togaviruses (genus
Alphavirus):
a : one that occurs especially in the eastern U.S. called also
eastern equine encephalomyelitis b : one that occurs especially in the western U.S. called also
western equine encephalomyelitis c : one that occurs especially from northern So. America to Mexico calledalso
Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
