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Saint Louis encephalitis

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Saint Louis encephalitis [′sānt ′lü·əs in‚sef·ə′līd·əs]
(medicine)
A mosquito-borne arbovirus infection of the central nervous system, occurring in the central and western United States and in Florida.


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Endpoints for 90% plaque reduction neutralization tests for patients with acute West Nile virus (WNV) infection, Gonaives, Haiti, 2004 * Age Sex DEN-1 DEN-2 DEN-3 DEN-4 SLE WNV 13 y Male <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 200 <1 y Female <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 800 DEN, dengue; SLE, Saint Louis encephalitis virus.
To the Editor: Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), a member of the Flaviviridae family, is widely dispersed in the Americas (1,2).
Overall, 4% of the dog sera we tested contained neutralizing EVEV antibodies, a rate similar to the seroprevalence for the major human pathogenic arboviruses (EVEV, EEEV, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus) in Florida detected in >2,500 sera from wildlife in 38 of the state's 67 counties from 1965 to 1974 (24).
 
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