West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease, especially in the continental United States. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), WNV-related human infections ...

WNF: West Nile fever; WNND: West Nile neuroinvasive disease; WNP: West Nile poliomyelitis. Since its arrival in the USA, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread westward to a total of 43 states ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States for over 25 years, but we still don’t know precisely how the virus cycles through these pests and ...

And Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, was recently hospitalized after he came down with West Nile virus. Both are nasty diseases spread by mosquitoes — though ...

As Sacramento and Yolo counties gear up for another potential spike in West Nile virus cases, public health officials are ...

With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Utah State University ecologist Norah Saarman and her students are using morphology, DNA testing and machine learning ...

The $153,700 program will target standing water in wetlands, ditches, and storm drains while testing for multiple mosquito-borne diseases, including the West Nile Virus.

As Sacramento and Yolo counties gear up for another potential spike in West Nile virus cases, public health officials are urging the community to take proactive measures against mosquitoes.

The sensitivity of RT-PCR among 28 patients with serologically confirmed neuroinvasive WNV disease was 57% in ... antibody for the treatment of West Nile virus infection. RL DeBiasi declared ...