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Related terms:
arenaviridae
bunyaviridae
caliciviridae
hepatitis D virus
orthomyxoviridae
picornaviridae
reoviridae
retroviridae
RNA virus
Virus
encephalitis virus
en·ceph·a·li·tis vi·rus
Subclass of:
RNA Viruses
Definitions related to encephalitis viruses:
  • (encephalitis virus) Collection of single stranded RNA viruses scattered across the Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Togaviridae families whose common property is the ability to induce encephalitic conditions in infected hosts.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A collection of single-stranded RNA viruses scattered across the Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Togaviridae families whose common property is the ability to induce encephalitic conditions in infected hosts.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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