Definition: A species of CARDIOVIRUS which contains three strains: Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus, Vilyuisk human encephalomyelitis virus, and Rat encephalomyelitis virus.
do not confuse x-Ref ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS, MURINE, THEILER with ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS, MURINE, also a Cardiovirus; infection: coord IM with CARDIOVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) or POLIOMYELITIS (IM); infection may also be a model for multiple sclerosis