Medical Dictionary

La Crosse encephalitis

noun \lə-ˈkrs-\

Medical Definition of LA CROSSE ENCEPHALITIS

:  an encephalitis typically affecting children that is caused by the La Crosse virus transmitted especially by a mosquito of the genus Aedes (A. triseriatus)

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