West Nile virus (WNV) has recently emerged as a significant and increasingly frequent etiology of encephalitis in this country. Even though WNV has been in the limelight of the national news media ...

Severe infection with West Nile virus is a spreading problem worldwide that disproportionately affects those over age 50. And evidence is mounting that when the virus causes sickness, the long ...

The first Spanish victim of the West Nile virus was a 71-year-old woman who ... in other European nations including Italy, Portugal, France, and Romania - where the first large outbreak occurred ...

Her warning comes after nine people died in Andalusia, Spain, due to an outbreak of the West Nile virus. The entire Mediterranean basin is "highly exposed" to mosquitoes which transmit viruses ...

West Nile virus (WNV), first identified in Africa in the 1930’s is transmitted to humans primarily through mosquito bites. Since its emergence in the United States in 1999, WNV has spread and ...

Since its arrival in the USA, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread westward to a total of 43 states, resulting in 27,573 reported cases of infection. Patients with the following conditions/features ...