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and Eastern Equine Encephalitis West Nile virus WNV is a mosquitoborne virus that causes What is West Nile Virus IN HORSES Eastern equine encephalitis also known as 147sleeping sickness. Some infected birds can develop high levels of the virus in their bloodstream and mosquitoes can become infected by biting these infected birds After about a week infected mosquitoes can pass the virus to more birds when they bite Mosquitoes with We Mr. Herneisen 2008-09. Vocabulary to know. Hydroelectric Potential. Electrical power generated from flowing water. Perennial Irrigation. System of year-round watering for crops. River Basin. The area drained by a river and its tributaries. Egyptian geography . Nile River (longest in world). Flooding- fertile black mud. Wheat and barley – irrigation . Upper/Lower Egypt. Domain ended at cataracts . Riverboats could not pass. Upper Egypt (South). Patrick . Zelko. Lab 1-2 West Nile Virus Patrick . Zelko. What Is WNV?. Transmitted by mosquitoes that bit infected birds. First identified in eastern Africa in 1937. Now worldwide in tropical and temperate climates. the . Journal of Virology . showing that a single dose of a DNA vaccine could prevent WNV infection in mice and horses. Case Study . West Nile Virus (WNV). Quick Stats. Total. Citations. 193. 2. W Adults are at highest risk. People over age 50 and people who have ever received a solid organ transplant are more likely to develop serious symptoms of West Nile virus if they do get sick and shoul West Nile vi rus is a flu - like virus that can be spread through infected mosquitoes. Anyone living in an area where West Nile virus is present in mosquitoes can get infected; however, most people w What is West Nile Virus?. Member of the genus . Flavivirus. Genus includes Yellow Fever, Dengue, and Hepatitis C viruses. Japanese Encephalitis Serocomplex within genus. Includes closely-related viruses such as Saint Louis Encephalitis virus (SLE), Japanese Encephalitis virus (JE), and Kunjin virus, among others. PPT-052-01. . Bureau of Workers’ Comp. PA Training for Health & Safety . (PATHS). 1. West Nile Virus . PPT-052-01. . . Strain of encephalitis (an inflammation . of the brain): serious and deadly disease . Indian J Med Res 118, September 2003, pp 101-108West Nile virus: the Indian scenarioR. Paramasivan*, A.C. Mishra & D.T. MouryaMicrobial Containment Complex, National Institute of Virology (ICMR), Pune n l y from the bite of mosquitoes (primarily the Culexspecies) infected with the virus. Mosquitoes become infected if they bite a bird thatcarries the virus. Infected mosquitoes then transmit West Nil Weinberger M, Pitlik SD, Gandacu D, Lang R, Nassar F, Ben David D, et al. West Nile Fever Outbreak, Israel, 2000: Epidemiologic Aspects. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(4):686-691. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0704.017416. Papa A, Politis C, Tsoukala A, Eglezou A, Bakaloudi V, Hatzitaki M, et al. West Nile Virus Lineage 2 from Blood Donor, Greece. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(4):688-689. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110771. Hayes EB, Sejvar JJ, Zaki SR, Lanciotti RS, Bode AV, Campbell GL. Virology, Pathology, and Clinical Manifestations of West Nile Virus Disease. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11(8):1174-1179. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.050289b.