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Mur·ray Val·ley en·ceph·a·li·tisa severe encephalitis with a high mortality rate occurring in the Murray Valley of Australia; the disease is most severe in children and is characterized by headache, fever, malaise, drowsiness or convulsions, and rigidity of the neck; extensive brain damage may result; it is caused by the Murray Valley encephalitis virus (genus Flavivirus). Synonym(s): Australian X disease, Australian X encephalitisMur·ray Val·ley en·ceph·a·li·tis (mŭr'ē val'ē en-sef'ă-līt'is) A severe encephalitis with a high mortality rate occurring in the Murray Valley of Australia; the disease is most severe in children and is characterized by headache, fever, malaise, drowsiness or convulsions, and rigidity of the neck; extensive brain damage may result; it is caused by the Murray Valley encephalitis virus (genus Flavivirus).
Synonym(s): Australian X disease. Australian X diseaseFormer name of Murray Valley encephalitis. Australia, a continent commonly referred to as "the land down under." Australian antigen - hepatitis B antigen first identified in serum of Australian aborigines.Australian Q fever - acute rickettsial infection transmitted by ticks and caused by Coxiella burnetii, most often found in Australian bandicoots.Australian X disease - Synonym(s): Murray Valley encephalitisAustralian X disease virus - Synonym(s): Murray Valley virusAustralian X encephalitis - Synonym(s): Murray Valley encephalitis
Murray Valley, location in Australia where epidemics occurred in 1950 and 1951. Murray Valley disease - Synonym(s): Murray Valley encephalitisMurray Valley encephalitis - a severe encephalitis with high mortality. Synonym(s): Australian X disease; Australian X encephalitis; Murray Valley diseaseMurray Valley virus - a group B arbovirus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis. Synonym(s): Australian X disease virus; MVE virus |