# Encefalite equina ocidental

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> Última atualização: 2026-05-07

## Identificadores

- **ORPHA**: 83593 — https://www.orpha.net/en/disease/detail/83593
- **CID-10**: A83.1

## Descrição clínica

An acute arboviral infection caused by an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family transmitted by an infected mosquito, that more frequently affects children and that is characterized by the presence of mild flulike symptoms (fever, chills, headache, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia) but that can progress to weakness, altered mental status, photophobia, mental confusion, seizures, somnolence, coma and/or even death. The disease can leave neurological sequelae, mainly in infants and children, such as seizures, spasticity or behavioral disorders.

## Epidemiologia e herança

- **Prevalência**: 1-9 / 1 000 000
- **Padrão de herança**: Not applicable

## Ensaios clínicos ativos (2)

- **NCT03879603** [COMPLETED]: VRC 313: A Trivalent Virus-like Particle (VLP) Encephalitis Vaccine (WEVEE) in Healthy Adults — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03879603
- **NCT02466750** [UNKNOWN]: Safety and Immunogenicity Study of the Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE) Vaccine — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02466750

## Importante

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Pacientes devem consultar profissionais de saúde qualificados para decisões clínicas.

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