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17201112

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
West Nile virus (WNV) is a RNA virus of the Flaviridae, genus flavivirus family. It is a neuropathogenic virus causing disease in birds, horses and humans. WNVis transmitted by the vector mosquito Culex sp. The virus life 's cycle includes mosquitoes as vectors and birds as natural hosts. Humans are accidental hosts. Since the introduction of the Epidemiological Surveillance Program at the Ministry ofHealth. we have documented 90 positive test results among birds out of 1,223 cases studied in Mexico as of September IS. 2005. The incubation period in humans after a mosquito bite ranges from 3 to 14 days. Disease is characterized by early onset fever, general malaise, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, headaches, myalgias, enlarged lymph nodes andrash. Neurological manifestations include encephalitis andflaccid paralysis, which are present in less than 1% of subjects infected with WNV. Older patients display more adverse outcomes including death. The diagnosis is made by the determination of specific IgM and JgG antibodies in serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid. There is no antiviral treatment to date against WNV but interferon ?2b, and WNVspec4ic-immunoglobulin have been used Prevention is therefore the key to control the infection.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0016-3813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[West Nile virus: a reality in Mexico].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Angeles Lomas, México D.F., México. itellez@emory.edu.mx
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract