Murray+Valley+encephalitis

One entry found for Murray Valley encephalitis.

Main Entry: Mur·ray Val·ley encephalitis
Pronunciation: mr--val--
Function: noun
: an encephalitis that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus (species Murray Valley encephalitis virus) closely related to Japanese B encephalitis, that tends to affect children seriously, and that occurred in Australia in epidemics of the 1920s and early 1950s