n :  an encephalitis that occurs epidemically in Japan and other Asian countries in the summer, is caused by a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes (esp. Culex tritaeniorhyncus), and usu. produces a subclinical infection but may cause acute meningoencephalomyelitis .
 
 
 
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