(Medical Xpress)—Since its introduction to the U.S. in 1999, West Nile virus has spread rapidly across North America, threatening wildlife populations and posing a serious health risk to humans. In 2012, there were more ...
Mar 3, 2014
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In a study of the economic impact of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, a research team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in the 14 years since the virus was first detected in ...
Feb 10, 2014
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Scientists have identified a way some viruses protect themselves from the immune system's efforts to stop infections, a finding that may make new approaches to treating viral infections possible.
Jan 30, 2014
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Researchers from Duke University have developed a nasal vaccine formulation that provides protective immunity against West Nile virus (WNV) infection in mice after only 2 doses. They present their findings at the 2014 American ...
Jan 28, 2014
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(HealthDay)—The case of a Texas woman who died after becoming infected in New Mexico with the mosquito-borne dengue virus highlights a need for U.S. doctors to recognize the disease early, experts say.
Jan 24, 2014
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The mystery illness that has killed 27 bald eagles in Utah this month appears to be West Nile Virus, state officials said Tuesday.
Jan 1, 2014
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A mosquito-borne virus that kills about half of the people it infects uses a never-before-documented mechanism to "hijack" one of the cellular regulatory systems of its hosts to suppress immunity, according to University ...
Dec 18, 2013
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More than 21 million cases of the stomach flu, caused by Norovirus, are reported every year in the United States.
Dec 5, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—A Yale study has uncovered a key genetic mechanism that may determine a person's susceptibility to the ravages of West Nile virus. The study appears in the Advance Online Publication of Nature Immunology.
Nov 4, 2013
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The varied influence of climate change on temperature and precipitation may have an equally wide-ranging effect on the spread of West Nile virus, suggesting that public health efforts to control the virus will need to take ...
Sep 9, 2013
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