Infectious diseases.
Publisher:
Informa Healthcare,
Frequency: Twelve issues per year
Country: England
Language: English
Start Year:2015 -
ISSN:
2374-4243 (Electronic)
2374-4235 (Print)
2374-4243 (Linking)
2374-4235 (Print)
2374-4243 (Linking)
Impact Factor
5.8
2022
| NLM ID: | 101650235 |
| (OCoLC): | 887820620 |
| LCCN: | 2014202690 |
Epidemiological and clinical aspects on West Nile virus, a globally emerging pathogen. Since the isolation of West Nile virus (WNV) in 1937, in Uganda, it has spread globally, causing significant morbidity and mortality. While birds serve as amplifier hosts, mosquitoes of the Culex genus function as vectors. Humans and horses are dead end hosts. The clinical manifestations of West Nile infection in humans range from asymptomatic illness to West Nile encephalitis. Methods: The laboratory offers an array of tests, the preferred method being detection of RNA and serum IgM for WNV, which, if detected, confirms the clinical diagnosis. Although no definitive antiviral therapy and vacc...