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West Nile encephalitis

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Noun1.West Nile encephalitis - encephalitis caused by the West Nile virusWest Nile encephalitis - encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus; can be fatal in humans and horses and birds
cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis - inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)


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In: West Nile Encephalitis Virus Infection: Viral pathogenesis and the Host Immune Response.
Most recently, in a review of 221 persons hospitalized with WNV infection, West Nile encephalitis was 4 times more likely to develop in patients with diabetes (8).
Investigation into how the immune system reacts to the most serious form of the virus, West Nile encephalitis.
 
 
 
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