Talk:West Nile virus
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Added text from public domain resource at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/ -- Anon.
- Industry dominates the disease definition. Non-orthodox research is not allowed to be linked here. Toxicological correlations for this disease may be seen here www.geocities.com/noxot
- Could someone please tell me why it's so worrisome, especially considering that influenza kills at least 100 times more people per year in the US? - user:Montrealais
In the same vein as Montrealais I'm going to add some dissenting viewpoints about spraying and the media attention given to this thing. -- wji
If this is so widespread around the world, does anyone have numbers on how many it kills in other countries each year? Thius page could use more balance. --rmhermen
replaced 'Some have speculated that fears of West Nile are due to xenophobia.' Some may have, but since the disease is not spread by 'foreigners', it's a silly speculation and simply false. I think what was probably meant is that it was a disease not native to the areas where it is currently reported. Someone else
This duplicate page was created at "West Nile Virus": I have turned it into a redirect, bacause this article appears to cover everything in the duplicate.
West Nile Virus This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. West Nile Virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is closely related to St. Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals. “West Nile fever is a case of mild disease in people, characterized by flu-like symptoms. West Nile fever typically lasts only a few days and does not appear to cause any long-term health effects. More severe disease due to a person being infected with this virus can be “West Nile encephalitis,” West Nile meningitis or West Nile meningoencephalitis.” Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it.[1] (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/overview.htm)Links
- Centers for Disease Control (US) web site: [2] (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm)
Why isn't there an effective vaccine or treatment for West Nile Virus in humans? If there have been deaths by this disease, shouldn't our medical scientists have found a way to treat, or at least vaccine the disease?
- It has killed thousands but malaria and AIDS have killed millions and we don't have vaccines against them yet either. They are working on it, though. Rmhermen 01:21, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)