West Nile virus

Health Department urges residents to take precautions The Palm Beach County Health Department continues to find signs of West Nile virus in its sentinel chickens, officials said Monday.  

A variety of environmental factors might be related to West Nile virus infections in horses, reported a Florida research team lead by Leslie M.V. Rios, PhD, from the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida in Gainesville.  

A new study shows that people who have been infected with West Nile virus may have persistent virus in their kidneys for years after initial infection, potentially leading to kidney problems. The research, which appears in the January 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, is now available online. Spread by infected mosquitoes, West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999. Since then, approximately 25,000 human cases...  

Long time readers may have noticed that the subject of West Nile Virus (WNV) pops up periodically here (and here, here, here, here, here). It's more than a passing fancy. I was professionally involved in public health measures around West Nile after its introduction to the US in 1999 and have maintained an interest, even though flu occupies much (too much) of my time. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...  

Potentially fatal mosquito-borne West Nile fever (WNF) can become much more widespread in Europe than previously thought, say scientists in a new report just out in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology(1). The disease in temperate climates is carried by a population of Culex pipiens mosquitoes that only bites birds - the disease reservoir host - but Bruno Gomes and colleagues from the Centre for Malaria and Tropical diseases and Institute of...  

New equine West Nile virus vaccines have been approved by the USDA. The vaccine line, called Vetera, is manufactured by Boehringer-Ingelheim, a privately held pharmaceutical company. The Vetera line of West Nile virus vaccines "is the first...  

West Nile virus is more deadly in older adults due to defects in T cells, according to a study conducted by researchers from the UA College of Medicine.  

Article Reprints A Nebraska appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit from a former Union Pacific Railroad worker who claims the company should have better protected her from West Nile virus. Vivika Dev...  

In 2009, six new human cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) were identified in Veneto region, following the six cases already reported in 2008. A human West Nile virus (WNV) isolate was obtained for the first time from an asymptomatic blood  

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Despite blood donor screening, healthcare providers should be aware transfusion transmission of West Nile virus can occur, federal health officials said.  

Butte County Mosquito and vector control officials are releasing their latest West Nile Virus numbers. District Manager Matt Ball says so far, West Nile has been confirmed in 2 humans, 13 dead birds, 36 sentinel chickens, and 5 mosquito pools locally. Ball says West Nile is temperature dependent. Click for Audio:  bc wnv 3 Statewide, there have [...]  

THE parliamentary committee on government assurance has advised against terminating the West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO's) contract to generate and supply power in the region, saying it would be costly.  

Researchers at the University of California Davis believe they've found the common factor that attracts mosquitoes to both birds and humans -- and helps them to spread the West Nile Virus as a result.The common thread: a particular odor we emit.  

North Dakota has recorded its lowest summer count of human West Nile cases since the virus was found in the state seven years ago. Only one human case was confirmed by the state Health Department, and the West Nile threat is over because freezing tem  

THE massive repatriation of Sudanese refugees has left districts West Nile with unutilised land. The bushes have engulfed social facilities like schools and safe water sources, which local authorities have failed to put to proper use.