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Virus Name:
St. Louis encephalitis
Abbreviation:
SLEV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
3
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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Antigenic Group
B
Section X - Histopathology
Character of lesions (specify host)
Perivascular cuffing, cellular infiltration, and nerve cell degeneration in the cortex, midbrain, medulla, pons, and upper levels of the cord (21). Lesions in thymus (L.B. Dias).
Inclusion Bodies
Intranuclear
Organs/Tissues Affected
Brain (M), upper spinal cord (M)
Category of tropism
Neurotropic
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