west+nile+disease

=West Nile disease=

**Description of virus that causes the disease.**

 * West Nile Virus is a strain of encephalitis
 * when a mosquito feeds on a bird that is infected by the virus then bites a human

**Viral Specificity:**

 * it affects the human nervous system
 * affects warm blooded mammels
 * affects the brain can cause it to swell

**Symptoms and progression of the disease:**

 * symptoms happen after 2 to 8 days
 * can cause Headaches
 * can cause chills
 * can cause fever

**Common Methods of Transmission:**

 * this virus is transmission by being bit by a infected mosquito's
 * mosquito's get the virus by biting infected birds
 * this virus has killed 115 people in the USA
 * in mammels the virus does not spread as fast
 * pipelines are the main breading area for infected mosquito's

**Treatment and Prevention (if any):**

 * antiretroviral drug for HIV, has shown promise against West Nile
 * Geno Med, a U.S. biotech company, has found that blocking angiotensin II can treat the West Nile virus
 * elimination of mosquito breeding sites
 * destroying active breeding areas and encouraging personal use of mosquito repellents
 * Miscellaneous:**

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