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West Nile Encephalitis: Multimedia

Author: Burke A Cunha, MD, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook; Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital
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Updated: Aug 1, 2008

Multimedia

Common encephalitis associations.
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Media file 1: Common encephalitis associations.
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Common encephalitis associations.

Common encephalitis associations.

Clinical features of arboviral encephalitis.
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Media file 2: Clinical features of arboviral encephalitis.
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Clinical features of arboviral encephalitis.

Clinical features of arboviral encephalitis.

Differential diagnoses of meningoencephalitis.
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Media file 3: Differential diagnoses of meningoencephalitis.
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Differential diagnoses of meningoencephalitis.

Differential diagnoses of meningoencephalitis.

The <em>Culex</em> mosquito, common in the easter...
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Media file 4: The Culex mosquito, common in the eastern United States, is the primary vector responsible for infecting humans with West Nile virus. Prevention of West Nile virus is primarily directed at reducing the mosquito population from May to October and by taking precautions to limit human exposure during these months of high mosquito activity. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The <em>Culex</em> mosquito, common in the easter...

The Culex mosquito, common in the eastern United States, is the primary vector responsible for infecting humans with West Nile virus. Prevention of West Nile virus is primarily directed at reducing the mosquito population from May to October and by taking precautions to limit human exposure during these months of high mosquito activity. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The geographic distribution of the Japanese encep...
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Media file 5: The geographic distribution of the Japanese encephalitis servocomplex of the family Flaviridae, 2000. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The geographic distribution of the Japanese encep...

The geographic distribution of the Japanese encephalitis servocomplex of the family Flaviridae, 2000. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

States reporting laboratory-positive West Nile vi...
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Media file 6: States reporting laboratory-positive West Nile virus infection in birds, mosquitoes, animals, or humans between January 1 and August 28, 2002. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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States reporting laboratory-positive West Nile vi...

States reporting laboratory-positive West Nile virus infection in birds, mosquitoes, animals, or humans between January 1 and August 28, 2002. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Further Reading

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Keywords

West Nile encephalitis, WNE, West Nile virus encephalitis, WNVE, West Nile virus, viral encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, WEE, eastern equine encephalitis, EEE, Japanese encephalitis, Venezuelan encephalitis

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

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Burke A Cunha, MD, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook; Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital
Burke A Cunha, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Wesley W Emmons, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University; Consulting Staff, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Christiana Care, Newark, DE
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