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Home Healthcare Now, 2015 West Nile is a virus which means that West Nile is not a living organism and the only goal the virus has is to reproduce. The virus does this by taking over a host cell, attaching itself to the host cell and takes the cellular machinery needed to ...
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West Nile Virus in Brazil [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Background: West Nile virus (WNV) was first sequenced in Brazil in 2019, when it was isolated from a horse in the Espírito Santo state. Despite multiple studies reporting serological evidence suggestive of past circulation since 2004, WNV remains a low priority for surveillance and public health, such that much is still unknown about its genomic ...
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Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2010 West Nile virus (WNV) is responsible for thousands of cases of morbidity and mortality in birds, horses, and humans. Epidemics were localized to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia, and primarily caused a mild febrile illness in humans. In the late 1990s, the virus became more virulent and spread to North America. In humans, the clinical
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West Nile Virus in Slovenia [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes. Birds are the reservoir for the virus; humans, horses and other mammals are dead-end hosts. Infections caused by WNV in humans can vary from asymptomatic infections to West Nile fever (WNF) or West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND).
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Military Medicine, 2004 West Nile virus infection has quickly become a feared cause of neurologic disability and death, particularly when it presents with encephalitis. Recent epidemics in endemic regions of Eurasia and Africa, as well as its recent spread to North America, have highlighted the need for all physicians to be aware of its clinical presentation and course.
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West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 We report a case of a 50-year-old immunocompromised woman who presented with acute encephalopathy and gait ataxia due to severe West Nile virus encephalomyelitis.
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Healthcare Provider Knowledge of West Nile Virus Diagnostic Testing-United States, 2022. [PDF]
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West Nile Virus Survey of Birds, Horses, and Mosquitoes of the Pacific Coast, Southern Mexico [PDF]
, 2013 . Serology of West Nile virus vectors and non-human reservoirs was surveyed at Acapulco, Jose Azueta, and Ometepec, three Pacific Coast localities of Guerrero State, Mexico.
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Long term outcome of neonatal West Nile Virus neuroinvasive infection
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 West Nile virus is currently one of the most widely distributed zoonotic arbovirus in the world, progressing into epidemics in many countries. While most infected patients experience mild to no symptoms, thousands of West Nile virus-associated ...
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Human case of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Portugal, summer 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 A case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection was reported in the Algarve region, Portugal, in the first week of September 2015. WNV is known to circulate in Portugal, with occasional reports in horses and birds (2004 to 2011) and very sporadically human ...
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