TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIDES
\tˈɪk bˈɔːn ɛnsˈɛfɐlˌɪta͡ɪdz], \tˈɪk bˈɔːn ɛnsˈɛfɐlˌɪtaɪdz], \t_ˈɪ_k b_ˈɔː_n ɛ_n_s_ˈɛ_f_ɐ_l_ˌɪ_t_aɪ_d_z]\
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Encephalitis caused by neurotropic viruses that are transmitted via the bite of TICKS. In Europe, the diseases are caused by ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE, which give rise to Russian spring-summer encephalitis, central European encephalitis, louping ill encephalitis, and related disorders. Powassan encephalitis occurs in North America and Russia and is caused by the Powassan virus. ASEPTIC MENINGITIS and rarely encephalitis may complicate COLORADO TICK FEVER which is endemic to mountainous regions of the western United States. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp14-5)
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