Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
27 eagle deaths in Utah caused by West Nile Virus
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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Medical research
Immune avoidance mechanism could lead to treatments for deadly mosquito-borne viruses
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research combats the stomach flu
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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Immunology
Understanding who is most susceptible to West Nile virus
(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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team study effects of climate change on West Nile virus
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swiss on alert for mosquito blamed for dengue
Scientists in Switzerland are hunting for a species of mosquito capable of spreading the tropical disease dengue that may have crossed the Alps.
Aug 7, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review article describes epidemiology, characteristics and prevention of West Nile virus
Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colo., and colleagues conducted a review of the medical ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study examines characteristics, features of West Nile virus outbreaks
An analysis of West Nile virus epidemics in Dallas County in 2012 and previous years finds that the epidemics begin early, after unusually warm winters; are often in similar geographical locations; and are predicted by the ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird vaccine for West Nile Virus
University of British Columbia researchers have developed a vaccine that may halt the spread of West Nile Virus (WNV) among common and endangered bird species.
Jul 9, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Interplay of ecology, infectious disease, wildlife and human health featured at annual conference
West Nile virus, Lyme disease and hantavirus. All are infectious diseases spreading in animals and in people. Is human interaction with the environment somehow responsible for the increase in these diseases?
Jun 28, 2013
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