tick-borne encephalitis
viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system
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Summary
tick-borne encephalitis is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 4,378 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #67 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[4], infectious disease with epilepsy[5], tick-borne disease[6], viral encephalitis[7], infection of the central nervous system[8], disease[9]
- Commons category: Tick-borne encephalitis[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1931[11]
- Has edition or translation: Note the beginnings of incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in our countries[12]
- Symptoms and signs: headache[13], myalgia[14], fever[15], fatigue[16], photophobia[17], meningeal syndrome[18], somnolence[19], coma[20], vomiting[21], nausea[22], meningism signs[23], paralysis[24], mental confusion[25]
- Has cause: tick-borne encephalitis virus[26]
- Medical examination: viral culture[27], ELISA[28]
- Disease transmission process: tick borne transmission[29]
- Has natural reservoir: Ixodes ricinus[30], Ixodes persulcatus[31], flea[32], Tabanidae[33]
- ICD-9-CM: 063.2[34]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[35], neurology[36]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: immunoglobulin therapy[37], ribonuclease[38], interferon[39], (RS)-baclofen[40], tizanidine[41], tolperisone[42], nicotinic acid[43], gabapentin[44], carbamazepin[45], lamotrigine[46], piracetam[47], hyperbaric medicine[48], diazepam[49]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050175[50], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050175[51], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_297[52]
Why It Matters
tick-borne encephalitis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]