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The first human case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection identified in Cyprus

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
West Nile virus infection can pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians, especially in geographic areas where human cases of this disease have never been encountered before.
Niki I. Paphitou, Aristomenis Tourvas, Dora Floridou, Jan Richter, Christina Tryfonos, Christina Christodoulou   +5 more
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Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Disease in an Elderly Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with R-CHOP Therapy: A Case Report

Balkan Medical Journal, 2019
Background: West Nile virus is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) and emerging cause of significant illness in European and Mediterranean countries.
Barış Arslan, Hasan Murat Gündüz, Nurdan Ünlü, Gökhan Çavuş, Dilek Menemenlioğlu   +4 more
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Integrating Spatiotemporal Epidemiology, Eco-Phylogenetics, and Distributional Ecology to Assess West Nile Disease Risk in Horses

Viruses, 2021
Mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) is the causative agent of West Nile disease in humans, horses, and some bird species. Since the initial introduction of WNV to the United States (US), approximately 30,000 horses have been impacted by West Nile ...
John M. Humphreys, Angela M. Pelzel-McCluskey, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Bethany L. McGregor, Kathryn A. Hanley, Amy R. Hudson, Katherine I. Young, Dannele Peck, Luis L. Rodriguez, Debra P. C. Peters   +9 more
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West Nile Virus Infections in (European) Birds [PDF]

, 2016
West Nile virus (WNV), a member of the Flaviviridae family is an important emerging pathogen transmitted by mosquitoes of the Culex sp . wild-and (peri) domesticated birds act as the natural hosts of WNV.
Barzon, Luisa, Koraka, Penelope, Martina, Byron EE   +2 more
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West Nile virus meningoencephalitis [PDF]

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 2006
Since its first appearance in the US in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has emerged as the most common cause of epidemic meningoencephalitis in North America. In the 6 years following the 1999 outbreak, the geographic range and burden of the disease in birds, mosquitoes and humans has greatly expanded to include the 48 contiguous US and 7 Canadian ...
Roberta L, Debiasi, Kenneth L, Tyler
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West Nile Virus Encephalitis and Myocarditis in Wolf and Dog

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
In the third season (2002) of the West Nile virus epidemic in the United States, two canids (wolf and dog) were diagnosed with West Nile virus encephalitis and myocarditis with similarities to known affected species (humans, horses, and birds).
Carol A. Lichtensteiger, Kathleen Heinz-Taheny, Tanasa S. Osborne, Robert J. Novak, Beth A. Lewis, Margaret L. Firth   +5 more
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The utility of a Bayesian predictive model to forecast neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease in the United States of America, 2022.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Arboviruses (arthropod-borne-viruses) are an emerging global health threat that are rapidly spreading as climate change, international business transport, and landscape fragmentation impact local ecologies.
Maggie S J McCarter, Stella Self, Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller, Christopher Lee, Huixuan Li, Melissa S Nolan   +5 more
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Isolation of Two Strains of West Nile Virus during an Outbreak in Southern Russia, 1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000
From July to September 1999, a widespread outbreak of meningoencephalitis associated with West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) occurred in southern Russia, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths.
D.K. Lvov, A.M. Butenko, V.L. Gromashevsky, V.Ph. Larichev, S.Ya. Gaidamovich, O.I. Vyshemirsky, A.N. Zhukov, V.V. Lazorenko, V.N. Salko, A.I. Kovtunov, Kh.M. Galimzyanov, A.E. Platonov, T.N. Morozova, N.V. Khutoretskaya, E.O. Shishkina, T.M. Skvortsova   +15 more
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West Nile Virus Seroprevalence in the Italian Tuscany Region from 2016 to 2019

Pathogens, 2021
Although in humans West Nile virus is mainly the cause of mild or sub-clinical infections, in some cases a neuroinvasive disease may occur predominantly in the elderly. In Italy, several cases of West Nile virus infection are reported every year. Tuscany
Serena Marchi, Emanuele Montomoli, Simonetta Viviani, Simone Giannecchini, Maria A. Stincarelli, Gianvito Lanave, Michele Camero, Caterina Alessio, Rosa Coluccio, Claudia Maria Trombetta   +9 more
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Prognosis of Epidemiologic Situation of West Nile Fever in the Territory of the Russian Federation for 2010

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2010
Results of retrospective epidemiologic analysis of population morbidity in different regions of the Russian Federation and epidemic situation of West Nile fever in the territory of Russia are presented.
E. V. Putintseva, V. P. Smelyanskiy, V. A. Antonov, A. V. Lipnitskiy, V. V. Alekseev   +4 more
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