Japanese encephalitis virus
E1213809
UNEXPLORED
Japanese encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes severe inflammation of the brain in humans and is a leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese encephalitis virus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16441782 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese encephalitis virus Context triple: [Culex, isVectorOf, Japanese encephalitis virus]
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A.
Zika virus
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause mild illness in adults but is strongly associated with severe birth defects such as microcephaly when contracted during pregnancy.
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B.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
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C.
Hendra virus
Hendra virus is a highly lethal zoonotic virus originating in fruit bats that can infect horses and humans, causing severe respiratory and neurological disease.
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D.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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E.
Marburg virus
Marburg virus is a highly lethal filovirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, similar to Ebola.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese encephalitis virus Target entity description: Japanese encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes severe inflammation of the brain in humans and is a leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia.
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A.
Zika virus
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause mild illness in adults but is strongly associated with severe birth defects such as microcephaly when contracted during pregnancy.
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B.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
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C.
Hendra virus
Hendra virus is a highly lethal zoonotic virus originating in fruit bats that can infect horses and humans, causing severe respiratory and neurological disease.
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D.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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E.
Marburg virus
Marburg virus is a highly lethal filovirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, similar to Ebola.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Culex