"West Nile Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mosquito-borne viral illness caused by the WEST NILE VIRUS, a FLAVIVIRUS and endemic to regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Common clinical features include HEADACHE; FEVER; maculopapular rash; gastrointestinal symptoms; and lymphadenopathy. MENINGITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; and MYELITIS may also occur. The disease may occasionally be fatal or leave survivors with residual neurologic deficits. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, p13; Lancet 1998 Sep 5;352(9130):767-71)
| Descriptor ID |
D014901
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.081.343.950 C02.182.525.300.850 C02.290.310.950 C02.782.310.950 C02.782.350.250.900 C10.228.140.430.520.750.300.887 C10.228.228.245.340.300.887 C10.228.228.399.750.300.887
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| Concept/Terms |
West Nile Fever- West Nile Fever
- WNV Infection
- Infection, WNV
- Infections, WNV
- WNV Infections
- West Nile Virus Infection
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "West Nile Fever".
- Diseases [C]
- Virus Diseases [C02]
- Arbovirus Infections [C02.081]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C02.081.343]
- West Nile Fever [C02.081.343.950]
- Central Nervous System Viral Diseases [C02.182]
- Encephalitis, Viral [C02.182.525]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C02.182.525.300]
- West Nile Fever [C02.182.525.300.850]
- Encephalitis, Viral [C02.290]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C02.290.310]
- West Nile Fever [C02.290.310.950]
- RNA Virus Infections [C02.782]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C02.782.310]
- West Nile Fever [C02.782.310.950]
- Flaviviridae Infections [C02.782.350]
- Flavivirus Infections [C02.782.350.250]
- West Nile Fever [C02.782.350.250.900]
- Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
- Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
- Encephalitis [C10.228.140.430]
- Infectious Encephalitis [C10.228.140.430.520]
- Encephalitis, Viral [C10.228.140.430.520.750]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C10.228.140.430.520.750.300]
- West Nile Fever [C10.228.140.430.520.750.300.887]
- Central Nervous System Infections [C10.228.228]
- Central Nervous System Viral Diseases [C10.228.228.245]
- Encephalitis, Viral [C10.228.228.245.340]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C10.228.228.245.340.300]
- West Nile Fever [C10.228.228.245.340.300.887]
- Infectious Encephalitis [C10.228.228.399]
- Encephalitis, Viral [C10.228.228.399.750]
- Encephalitis, Arbovirus [C10.228.228.399.750.300]
- West Nile Fever [C10.228.228.399.750.300.887]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "West Nile Fever".
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Nile Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Expanding the Differential During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fatal West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 May-Jun; 34(3):661-662.
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Case Report: A Fatal Case of West Nile Virus Meningoencephalomyelitis in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Initially Misdiagnosed as SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 29; 104(5):1716-1718.
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Comparing West Nile Virus and COVID-19. Sociol Health Illn. 2020 11; 42(8):e16-e18.
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Reduction of West Nile virus infections in Italy during 2020 early summer: a secondary 'COVID-19' effect? Pathog Glob Health. 2020 10; 114(7):345-346.
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Emergent Viral Infections of the CNS. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2020 08 01; 79(8):823-842.
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Recruiting the innate immune system with GM-CSF to fight viral diseases, including West Nile Virus encephalitis and COVID-19. F1000Res. 2020; 9:345.
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Immune Predictors of Mortality After Ribonucleic Acid Virus Infection. J Infect Dis. 2020 03 02; 221(6):882-889.
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Evolutionary Dynamics of the Lineage 2 West Nile Virus That Caused the Largest European Epidemic: Italy 2011-2018. Viruses. 2019 09 03; 11(9).
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West Nile Virus and Other Domestic Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases - United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Aug 09; 68(31):673-678.
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Cochlear-Vestibular Impairment due to West Nile Virus Infection. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2019 Dec; 128(12):1198-1202.