(1,4) Typical presentations of WNV infection include
West Nile fever and neuroinvasive disease.
"If they do get symptoms,
West Nile fever feels like a cold, and sometimes includes a skin rash.
Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service's Center for Grain and Animal Health Research (CGAHR) in Manhattan, Kansas, and the University of Wyoming are using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) with gold nanoparticles to design tests that rapidly identify the virus that causes
West Nile fever.
Clinical characteristics of the
West Nile fever outbreak, Israel, 2000.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), water-borne diseases, such as Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Leptospirosis and Hepatitis A, as well as vector-borne diseases, such as Malaria, Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Yellow Fever, and
West Nile Fever are all concerns after flooding.
Three people who were diagnosed with
West Nile Fever died in Turkey.
Infection with West Nile virus (WNV) adheres to the typical arbovirus pyramid: Roughly 80% of human infections are entirely asymptomatic, 20% result in the nasty and debilitating febrile illness called
West Nile fever, and about 1 in 150 infections lead to severe CNS disease.
This species spreads
West Nile fever virus and the parasites that cause the limb swellings of filariasis.
Studies within the last year indicate the recovery phase following symptomatic WNV infection may be more prolonged than originally thought, even in patients with
West Nile fever rather than neurologic disease.
The exception is WNV, for which both mild (
West Nile fever) and neuroinvasive disease (meningitis and encephalitis are reported.