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Stiff-Person Syndrome Following West Nile Fever
Archives of Neurology, 2004Stiff-person syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder associated with antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the key enzyme in gamma-aminobutyric acid synthesis. In most cases, a trigger cannot be identified.To describe a 41-year-old man who developed stiff-person syndrome and antibodies to GAD following acute West Nile virus infection.A ...
Sharon, Hassin-Baer +7 more
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Acute Anterior Myelitis Complicating West Nile Fever
Archives of Neurology, 1979A healthy young man developed acute anterior myelitis resembling the "polio syndrome." He had visited an area (the Gulf of Suez) in which West Nile fever is endemic prior to his illness. The course of his febrile illness, the spinal fluid findings, and complement fixation antibody titers established the diagnosis of West Nile fever. Meningoencephalitis
N, Gadoth, S, Weitzman, E E, Lehmann
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Rhombencephalitis caused by West Nile fever virus
Neurology, 2000West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, was first isolated in the country of Uganda in 1937 and later in other regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Before the outbreak in the greater New York area in the late summer of 1999, no human West Nile virus case had been reported in North America.1 In the past, West Nile fever has manifested as a ...
C A, Nichter +6 more
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West Nile Viremic Blood Donors and Risk Factors for Subsequent West Nile Fever
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2007While increasing age is a known risk factor for neuroinvasive West Nile virus (WNV) disease, little is known about risk factors for West Nile fever (WNF). In 2003, United States blood centers identified WN (West Nile) viremic donors using nucleic acid-amplification tests (NATs), making it possible to prospectively determine risk factors for WNF.
Jennifer A, Brown +9 more
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Arthropod-borne Disease: West Nile Fever
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2015Abstract During the warm season months, nurse practitioners may see West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in their hospital or primary care work sites. Thorough understanding of WNV disease presentation and prevention is essential for diagnosis, treatment and patient education; especially since the neuroinvasive form can be severe.
Susan Denman, Ann Marie Hart
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Outcome of West Nile Fever in Older Adults
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of clinical presentation and cognitive changes on the postdischarge outcome in older adult patients with West Nile fever (WNF). DESIGN: Retrospective, cohort analysis.
Yitshal N, Berner +2 more
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Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie : casopis Spolecnosti pro epidemiologii a mikrobiologii Ceske lekarske spolecnosti J.E. Purkyne, 2006
West Nile virus (WNV) is a member of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. Its reservoir hosts are wild birds. Infection is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes of the genus Culex. In most cases, it is either asymptomatic or manifests itself as mild fever.
S, Lásiková +3 more
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West Nile virus (WNV) is a member of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. Its reservoir hosts are wild birds. Infection is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes of the genus Culex. In most cases, it is either asymptomatic or manifests itself as mild fever.
S, Lásiková +3 more
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Israel journal of medical sciences, 1982
Three cases of meningoencephalitis caused by the West Nile virus in young people are described. All patients had high fever, severe headaches, and meningeal irritation. One patient had papillitis and a maculopapular rash. Lymphadenopathy, which is a common finding in West Nile fever, was not found in any of our patients. Duration of the disease was one
E, Flatau, D, Kohn, O, Daher, N, Varsano
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Three cases of meningoencephalitis caused by the West Nile virus in young people are described. All patients had high fever, severe headaches, and meningeal irritation. One patient had papillitis and a maculopapular rash. Lymphadenopathy, which is a common finding in West Nile fever, was not found in any of our patients. Duration of the disease was one
E, Flatau, D, Kohn, O, Daher, N, Varsano
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[Pathomorphology of West Nile fever].
Arkhiv patologii, 20058 patients, aged from 61 to 70 years, died from serous meningoencephalitis during the outburst of the West Nile fever in Volgograd in 1999-2001, were studied morphologically. Serous meningoencephalitis with necrotic vasculitis is a characteristic feature of this fever with degenerative changes and destructive foci in the brain.
V B, Pisarev +3 more
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