Lesser Known Arboviruses Symposium I
Lesser Known Arboviruses Symposium I
La Crosse virus (LACV) is the etiologic agent of La Crosse encephalitis – the most common cause of neuroinvasive mosquito-borne disease in children within the United States. Despite the medical importance of this arbovirus, there remain serious knowledge gaps that prevent effective public health interventions. Ineffective human surveillance and reporting, clinical diagnostics and treatments, actionable risk indices, public awareness, and other factors clearly establish LACV disease as neglected. Here we examine opportunities to develop a larger framework to prevent, detect, and respond to LACV disease.