West Nile
West Nile Virus Infection: A Pediatric Perspective
... WNV is an arbovirus (transmitted to humans by arthropods) in the family Flaviviridae, a grouping of related viruses named for the most historically nota- ble member, yellow fever virus. WNV is antigeni- cally related to ...
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Diversification of West Nile virus in a subtropical region
... Background: West Nile virus (WNV) has spread across North, Central, and South America since its introduction in 1999. At the start of this spread, Florida was considered a potentially important area with ...
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West Nile Virus as a Cause of Death Among Endangered Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes, Lanius ludovicianus migrans , in West St. Paul, Manitoba
... of West Nile Virus killing wild Eastern Logger- head Shrikes in North ...therefore West Nile Virus must be consid- ered as a significant limiting factor for Eastern Log- gerhead ...the ...
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Islam: An Instrument Of Family Pastoral In The West Nile Region
... From the above information, one realises the struggle of ‗West Nilers‘ (people living in the West Nile Region), in trying to combine the role of Islam with the media and interpersonal communication. ...
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Evidence of West Nile virus infection in Nepal
... Results: The study enrolled 2,046 patients presenting undifferentiated febrile illness with unknown etiology. Sera from 14 out of 2,046 patients were tested positive for west nile virus (WNV) by nested ...
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Vector competence of northern European Culex pipiens biotypes and hybrids for West Nile virus is differentially affected by temperature
... Vector competence of northern European Culex pipiens biotypes and hybrids for West Nile virus is differentially affected by temperature Chantal B.. Abstract Background: Outbreaks of West[r] ...
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Environmental predictors of West Nile fever risk in Europe
... AIC: Akaike information criterion; AUC: Area under curve; CI: Confidence interval; GAUL: Global administrative unit layers; GPW: Gridded population of the world; GLWD: Google earth and the global lakes and wetlands ...
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West Nile virus: a growing concern?
... West Nile virus (WNV), a member of the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, was first isolated from the serum of a febrile woman in 1937 in the West Nile district of Uganda ...
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Structure of Immature West Nile Virus
... Genomic RNA replicated in the cytoplasm associates with the capsid (C) protein during the viral life cycle. Immature flavivirus particles are formed when these nucleocapsid cores acquire their lipid envelope together ...
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Keratinocytes Are Cell Targets of West Nile Virus In Vivo
... flavivirus West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted to ver- tebrates by the bite of an infected mosquito, which deposits high doses of virus extravascularly in the skin ...
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West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis: MR Imaging Findings
... Among patients infected by the West Nile virus (WNV), only a small number will present with clinical symptoms and an even a smaller number with menin- goencephalitis. Nonetheless, WNV has become an emerging ...
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Recent progress in West Nile virus diagnosis and vaccination
... West Nile virus remains a serious threat to the public health, especially to very young, elderly and immunocom- promised ...prevent West Nile virus infection remains to avoid mosquito ...
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A review of the epidemiological and clinical aspects of West Nile virus
... developed West Nile Fever, defined as the presence of at least three of the indicator symptoms, comprised of headache, general- ized weakness, fever, severe muscle pain, joint pain, chills, painful eyes, or ...
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Crystal Structure of the West Nile Virus Envelope Glycoprotein
... West Nile virus (WNV), a member of the Flavivirus genus, is closely related to several arthropod-borne human pathogens, including Japanese encephalitis virus, ...
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The Potential of West Nile Virus Transmission Regarding the Environmental Factors Using Geographic Information System (GIS), West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
... In the present study, environmental fac- tors affecting the transmission of WNV were studied and high-risk areas were determined (Fig. 3). Earlier study on the impact of cli- mate and environmental variables on WNV in ...
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Parameters of Mosquito-Enhanced West Nile Virus Infection
... The arthropod-borne West Nile virus (WNV) emerged in New York State in 1999 and quickly spread throughout the United States. Transmission is maintained in an enzootic cycle in which infected mosquitoes ...
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Inflammatory responses to a pathogenic West Nile virus strain
... AP-1: Activator protein complex 1; BBB: Blood-brain barrier; BY: Benjamini & Yekutieli; CEBPB: CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta; DDIT3: DNA damage-inducible transcript 3; DMEM: Dulbecco ’ s Modified Eagles Medium; ...
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High Throughput Detection of West Nile Virus RNA
... West Nile virus (WNV) belongs to the family Flaviviridae, which comprises over 70 ...the West Nile Province of Uganda (cur- rently Nile Province) and was subsequently isolated from pa- ...
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Using high titer West Nile intravenous immunoglobulin from selected Israeli donors for treatment of West Nile virus infection
... against West Nile virus envelope pro- tein administered after neuronal infection protects against lethal encephalitis in ...with West Nile virus encepha- ...
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Newcastle disease virus vectored West Nile fever vaccine is immunogenic in mammals and poultry
... Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen which is harmful to human and animal health. Effective vaccination in susceptible hosts should protect against WNV infection and ...
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