Nile Virus

Also written as WNV.

\n\n 240 history (e.g., travel to areas with endemic fungi) is also West Nile virus to transplant recipients from an organ\nmandatory.

What our notes say

• \n\n 240 history (e.g., travel to areas with endemic fungi) is also West Nile virus to transplant recipients from an organ\nmandatory. (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
• | West Nile Virus | *Culex* mosquito | Flavivirus | Most infections mild/asymptomatic; can cause encephalitis/meningitis especially in elderly/immunocompromised; birds are reservoir | (Medical Virology: Hepatitis, Viral Carcinogenesis & Oncogenic Viruses — Notes)
• medium used to process the organ combined with lymphotropic virus type I, and West Nile virus, donors (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
• Most cases of meningoencephalitis occur in the seasons associated with a higher incidence of circulating enteroviruses and arboviruses.\nIn 2016, the most common arbovirus responsible for meningoencephalitis in the United States was West Nile virus (WNV (Other CNS Infections)
• Vector: Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis), Rift Valley fever, West Nile virus — transovarial transmission (adults emerge already infected) (Medical Parasitology Revision Notes)
• West Nile virus: Summer/fall peaks in temperate regions (Medical Entomology: Vector Control and Review Questions — Notes)

Study material on Nile Virus

• Other CNS Infections
• Other CNS Infections
• Department Of Medical Microbiology & Parasit MCQs
• Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Medical Entomology: Vector Control and Review Questions — Notes

Related topics

• Japanese Encephalitis
• Tick
• Arthropod Vectors
• Vector Control
• Louse
• Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations
• Tick-Borne Encephalitis
• Sterile Insect Technique
• Encephalitis
• Salmonella