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relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; "the Western world"; "Western thought"; "Western thought"
a sandwich made from a western omelet (同)western sandwich
lying toward or situated in the west; "our companys western office"
of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch"
a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance" (同)computer virus
resembling a horse
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck (同)equid
of or belonging to the family Equidae
inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis is no longer in scientific use) (同)cephalitis, phrenitis
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development (同)horse_opera

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『西の』;西へ向かう;(風などが)西からの / 《しばしば Western》『西洋の』 / 《しばしば Western》西部の,(特に)米国西部の / 《通例 Western》(共産圏に対して)西側の / 西部劇;米国の開拓時代を描いた小説
ビールス,ろ過性病原体
馬の;馬のような
脳炎

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The Western equine encephalomyelitis virus is the causative agent of relatively uncommon viral disease Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE). An Alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, the WEE virus is an arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Culex and Culiseta.^[1] WEE is a recombinant virus between two other closely related yet distinct encephalitis viruses. There have been under 700 confirmed cases in the U.S. since 1964.

In the U.S. WEE is seen primarily in states west of the Mississippi River. The disease is also seen in countries of South America. WEE is commonly a subclinical infection; symptomatic infections are uncommon. However, the disease can cause serious sequelae in infants and children. Unlike Eastern equine encephalitis, the overall mortality of WEE is low (approximately 4%) and is associated mostly with infection in the elderly. There is no vaccine for WEE and there are no licensed therapeutic drugs in the U.S. for this infection.

Use as a biological weapon

Western equine encephalitis virus was one of more than a dozen agents that the United States researched as potential biological weapons before the nation suspended its biological weapons program.^[2]

References

^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
^ "Chemical and Biological Weapons: Possession and Programs Past and Present", James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury College, April 9, 2002, accessed 31 March 2010.

External links

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Fact Sheet

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1. 節足動物媒介性脳炎 arthropod borne encephalitides
2. 小児および思春期における急性ウイルス性脳炎：発症機序および病因 acute viral encephalitis in children and adolescents pathogenesis and etiology
3. ウイルス性髄膜炎：小児における疫学、病因、および病因 viral meningitis epidemiology pathogenesis and etiology in children
4. ウイルス性髄膜炎：小児における臨床的特徴および診断 viral meningitis clinical features and diagnosis in children
5. 中枢神経系感染症の分子学的診断 molecular diagnosis of central nervous system infections

English Journal

Conservation of a packaging signal and the viral genome RNA packaging mechanism in alphavirus evolution.

Kim DY, Firth AE, Atasheva S, Frolova EI, Frolov I.SourceDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America.
Journal of virology.J Virol.2011 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Alphaviruses are a group of small, enveloped viruses, which are widely distributed on all continents. In infected cells, alphaviruses display remarkable specificity in RNA packaging, by encapsidating only their genomic RNA whilst avoiding packaging of the more abundant viral subgenomic (SG), cellula
PMID 21680508

Japanese Journal

Inhibition by Agaricus blazei Murill Fractions of Cytopathic Effect Induced by Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) Virus on VERO Cells in Vitro(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

SORIMACHI Kenji,IKEHARA Yukari,MAEZATO Genzo,OKUBO Akira,YAMAZAKI Sunao,AKIMOTO Kazumi,NIWA Akira
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 65(7), 1645-1647, 2001-07-23
… Strong inhibition of CPE induced by western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus was observed in the mycelial fractions but not those of fruiting bodies. …
NAID 110002693388