See Also: Russian tick-borne encephalitis(medicine)
encephalitis, tick-borne(medicine)
Tick-borne encephalitis(medicine)
encephalitis viruses, tick-borne(medicine)
tick-borne encephalitis virus(medicine)
central European tick-borne encephalitis virus(medicine)
tick-borne diseases(medicine)
tick-borne fever(medicine)
tick-borne disease(medicine)
tick-borne virus(medicine)

Russian tick-borne encephalitis (medicine)


Russian tick-borne encephalitis -->
tick-borne encephalitis


1. (Central European subtype) tick-borne meningoencephalitis caused by a flavivirus closely related to the virus causing the Far Eastern type; it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus, also by infected raw milk, especially that of goats.

Synonym: biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Western subtype).

2. (Eastern subtype) tick-borne encephalitis, a severe form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, and transmitted by ticks (Ixodes pertulcatus and I. Ricinus).

Synonym: Russian tick-borne encephalitis.