Eastern equine encephalitis

An acute arboviral infection caused by an <i>alphavirus</i> of the <i>Togaviridae</i> family transmitted by an infected mosquito, that is characterized by the onset of flulike symptoms including fever, chills, weakness, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain with diarrhea, myalgia, leucocytosis, and hematuria, rapidly progressing to diffuse central nervous system (CNS) involvement with confusion, somnolence, or even coma. Seizures, which may progress to status epilepticus and neurologic sequelae, cranial nerve palsies, and photophobia may occur. EEE is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality.



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Matched Phenotype  Gene  Mutation  MeSH
Rank
(Similarity)
PMID
(PMCID)
1
(39.0%)
29503959
(5758032)
Ocular histopathology in Eastern equine encephalitis: A case report.
Lad EM, Ong SS, Proia AD.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2017;5:99-102.
Microcephaly
2
(33.8%)
697663
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis outbreak in coturnix quail.
Eleazer TH, Blalock HG, Warner JH Jr, Pearson JE.
Avian Dis. 1978;22(3):522?5.
Torticollis
Animals Beak Coturnix Encephalomyelitis, Equine Poultry Diseases Quail
3
(4.0%)
30941092
Acute Seroconversion of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Coinfection With California Serogroup Encephalitis Virus.
Cho JJ, Wong JK, Henkel J, DeJesus RO, Nazario-Lopez B.
Front Neurol. 2019;10:242.
Encephalopathy
3
(4.0%)
28480291
(5414020)
Fatal Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a Patient on Maintenance Rituximab: A Case Report.
Solomon IH, Ciarlini PDSC, Santagata S, Ahmed AA, De Girolami U, Prasad S, Mukerji SS.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4(1):ofx021.
Fever
3
(4.0%)
27439350
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus infection in six captive southern cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius).
Guthrie A, Citino S, Rooker L, Zelazo-Kessler A, Lim A, Myers C, Bolin SR, Trainor K.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2016;249(3):319-24.
Nephritis
Animals Animals, Zoo Aves Bird Diseases Differential Diagnosis Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine Females Male
3
(4.0%)
27309297
Avian Encephalomyelitis in Layer Pullets Associated with Vaccination.
Senties-Cue CG, Gallardo RA, Reimers N, Bickford AA, Charlton BR, Shivaprasad HL.
Avian Dis. 2016;60(2):511-5.
Lethargy
Animals Chickens Females Poultry Diseases Vaccination Viral Encephalitis Viral Vaccines Wings, Animal
3
(4.0%)
27165999
Case of eastern equine encephalitis presenting in winter.
Shah KJ, Cherabuddi K.
BMJ Case Rep. 2016;2016:.
Urinary incontinence
Differential Diagnosis Disease Management Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine Homo sapiens Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Seasons
3
(4.0%)
25870420
Madariaga virus infection associated with a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
Luciani K, Abadia I, Martinez-Torres AO, Cisneros J, Guerra I, Garcia M, Estripeaut D, Carrera JP.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015;92(6):1130-2.
Hemiparesis
Alphavirus Alphavirus Infections Brain Child Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated Homo sapiens Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Neuroimaging Panama
3
(4.0%)
25675592
Eastern equine encephalitis: a classical case.
Baig B, Mehta T, Khalid N, Chhabra L.
Conn Med. 2014;78(9):529-31.
Hyponatremia
Adult Disease Progression Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine Fatal Outcome Homo sapiens Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male
3
(4.0%)
23964935
(3839813)
Eastern equine encephalitis in Latin America.
Carrera JP, Forrester N, Wang E, Vittor AY, Haddow AD, Lopez-Verges S, Abadia I, Castano E, Sosa N, Baez C, Estripeaut D, Diaz Y, Beltran D, Cisneros J, Cedeno HG, Travassos da Rosa AP, Hernandez H, Martinez-Torres AO, Tesh RB, Weaver SC.
N Engl J Med. 2013;369(8):732-44.
Seizure
Animals Antibodies, Viral Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine Equus caballus Fatal Outcome Females Homo sapiens Horse Diseases Infant Male Panama Phylogeny RNA, Viral Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
        

Phenotype(s) retrieved from Orphanet

    Total: 0

HPO ID Term Frequency


Phenotype(s) retrieved from case reports

    Total: 6

HPO ID Term # of case reports
HP:0001945 Fever 2
HP:0001287 Meningitis 1
HP:0002013 Vomiting 1
HP:0002039 Anorexia 1
HP:0002315 Headache 1
HP:0004387 Enterocolitis 1


Causative gene(s) retrieved from Orphanet

    Total: 0

Gene Symbol Gene Name Entrez Gene ID