What is an Arboviral Encephalitis?
An Arboviral Encephalitis is an infectious disease that affects the brain. The disease is caused by a virus which attacks the brain, destroys some nerve cells and causes brain inflammation and swelling. Encephalitis arboviruses belong to several families of viruses that usually infect birds and are transmitted from bird to bird by mosquitoes. The name “ar-bo-virus” comes from the fact that they are transmitted by arthopods (insects and other “bugs”).
