PMID: 16617842Apr 19, 2006Paper

West Nile virus fever

Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie : casopis Spolecnosti pro epidemiologii a mikrobiologii Ceské lékarské spolecnosti J.E. Purkyne
S LásikováB Horová

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) is a member of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. Its reservoir hosts are wild birds. Infection is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes of the genus Culex. In most cases, it is either asymptomatic or manifests itself as mild fever. Typically, WNV illnesshas a sudden onset with fever above 39 degrees C and accompanying symptoms such as chills, headache, arthralgia, myalgia, back ache, cough and sore throat. Gastrointestinal symptoms are frequently reported. Generalized lymphadenopathy and conjunctivitis may develop. In some patients the infection can progress to meningoencephalitis. Diagnosis is currently based on detection of IgM antibodies in blood and cerebrospinal fluid or direct detection of WNV RNA.

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