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Abstract West Nile Virus and Infection West Nile virus is a neurotropic arthropod-borne flavivirus. Enzootic transmission of West Nile virus occurs between mosquitoes and birds, but humans and horses are regarded as incidental dead-end hosts while sensitive to West Nile virus-induced meningoencephalitis. Mosquitoes of the Culex genus are the main vectors of West Nile virus. Although most human infections are asemptomatic, about 20% of infected people have fever, rash, arthralgia, and myalgia, 1% of them may develop severe disease, including meningoencephalitis, encephalitis, and flaccid paralysis. West Nile virus infection is a serious threat to public health, especially to the immunocompromised and elderly people in terms of further development to more severe diseases. This review summarises the main features of West Nile virus infection.
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Türkçe Özet: Batı Nil virusu, artropod kaynaklı nörotropik bir flavivirustur. Batı Nil virusu, sivrisinekler ve kuşlar arasında enzootik taşınma siklusuna sahiptir. Atlar ve insanlar Batı Nil virusu kaynaklı meningoensefalite duyarlı olmalarına rağmen rastlantısal konak olarak kabul edilmektedir. Culex genusu sivrisinekler Batı Nil virusu\'nun esas vektörüdür. İnsanlardaki Batı Nil virus infeksiyonları çoğunlukla asemptomatik olmasına rağmen, infekte kişilerin yaklaşık %20\'sinde ateş, döküntü, artralji ve miyalji görülmektedir. Bu kişilerin %1\'inde de meningoensefalit, ensefalit ve flask paraliz gibi ciddi hastalık tablosu gelişebilmektedir. Batı Nil virus infeksiyonu, halk sağlığı açısından özellikle yaşlılar ve immun kompromise kişiler için ciddi nörolojik hastalığın gelişmesi yönünden büyük tehdit oluşturmaktadır. Bu derlemede Batı Nil virus infeksiyonunun genel özellikleri özetlenmiştir.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Submission Date | June 13, 2014 |
| Publication Date | September 1, 2011 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA49FJ28EZ |
| Published in Issue | Year 2011 Volume: 4 Issue: 3 |
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