Encephalomyelitis Equine Venezuelan

Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (syn.: Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Venezuelan horse fever) is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system of animals and can be fatal.

Infection occurs through the bites of mosquitoes that carry the virus. Symptoms of the disease include high fever, headache, weakness, seizures and paralysis, as well as other neurological disorders. Treatment includes the use of antibiotics and symptomatic therapy.

Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis is a dangerous disease that can lead to serious consequences for the health of animals and even people. Therefore, it is important to take measures to prevent infection and vaccinate animals against this disease.

Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (synonym: Venezuelan equine fever; lat. Equi Venezuelae encephalomyelitis - Equi Venezuela encephalomyelitis) is an acute infectious viral zooanthroponotic disease of horses, cattle, sheep; less commonly, goats, donkeys, dogs, humans (manifests as fever); characterized by symptoms of damage to the spinal cord and medulla oblongata.

The causative agent of the disease is a virus from the group of flaviviruses, belongs to the genus Mastadenovirus of the Alcalimastadenaviridae family, and therefore was renamed Mastadenoma virus. In horses, persistent individuals of the virus were observed in the cerebrospinal fluid of sick and infected animals identified from the environment. Strain CC80