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Two Cases Of West Nile Virus Encephalitis In The Icu, Arthur J. Armijo, Carl Smearman, Bhavesh Shukla, Ryan Spilman
Two Cases Of West Nile Virus Encephalitis In The Icu, Arthur J. Armijo, Carl Smearman, Bhavesh Shukla, Ryan Spilman
Continental, MidAmerica, & Mountain Divisions GME Research Day 2024
No abstract provided.
West Nile Virus Encephalitis With Status Epilepticus Treated With High-Dose Steroids: A Case Study, Sherwin Thomas, Sawroop Sandhu
West Nile Virus Encephalitis With Status Epilepticus Treated With High-Dose Steroids: A Case Study, Sherwin Thomas, Sawroop Sandhu
North Texas GME Research Forum 2023
West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus endemic in the United States. WNV infection can present with a variety of non-neurologic and neurologic symptoms. Patients who present with WNV neuroinvasive disease have significant morbidity and mortality, with about 10% of cases resulting in death. There is currently no evidence-based treatment for WNV infection. Management is typically with supportive care. Some limited data shows corticosteroids as a possible treatment for neuroinvasive disease. This case report discusses a 55-year-old female patient who presented with altered mental status. She was found to be septic overnight and was found to be in status epilepticus …
Landscape Epidemiology And Machine Learning: A Geospatial Approach To Modeling West Nile Virus Risk In The United States, Sean Gregory Young
Landscape Epidemiology And Machine Learning: A Geospatial Approach To Modeling West Nile Virus Risk In The United States, Sean Gregory Young
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The complex interactions between human health and the physical landscape and environment have been recognized, if not fully understood, since the ancient Greeks. Landscape epidemiology, sometimes called spatial epidemiology, is a sub-discipline of medical geography that uses environmental conditions as explanatory variables in the study of disease or other health phenomena. This theory suggests that pathogenic organisms (whether germs or larger vector and host species) are subject to environmental conditions that can be observed on the landscape, and by identifying where such organisms are likely to exist, areas at greatest risk of the disease can be derived. Machine learning is …
Arbovirus Phenotype Alters Transmission Potential, Rebecca C. Christofferson
Arbovirus Phenotype Alters Transmission Potential, Rebecca C. Christofferson
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Extrinsic and environmental factors are known to affect the transmission of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), including variations in the arthropod vector populations. Differences among these factors have been associated with differential transmission and are sometimes used to control the spread of an arbovirus through a vertebrate population in an effort to prevent or disrupt an outbreak. However, diversity in intrinsic viral populations, such as genetic and phenotypic variability, is not often accounted for when considering alterations in transmission. Presented in this dissertation are four experimental studies that explore the contribution of viral intrinsic factors, especially phenotypic variability, to the transmission potential …
Long-Term Consequences Of West Nile Virus In Virginia., Diana Cruz Ocampo
Long-Term Consequences Of West Nile Virus In Virginia., Diana Cruz Ocampo
Theses and Dissertations
Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to describe the long-term effects and functional outcomes of patients in Virginia who were reported to the Virginia Department of Health with West Nile virus (WNV) non-neuroinvasive and neuroinvasive disease. The study identified the duration of symptoms after initial illness, the number of persons who fully recovered versus the number who continue to be symptomatic and how patients' quality of life differed after illness.Methods: The study population was drawn from 60 human cases that met the surveillance case definition for non-neuroinvasive and neuroinvasive WNV illness in Virginia between 2002-2004. Information was collected during …
Evitando La Infección Del Nilo Occidental, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Evitando La Infección Del Nilo Occidental, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.
Avoiding West Nile Virus While Working, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Avoiding West Nile Virus While Working, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Kentucky Haz Alerts--Other
No abstract provided.