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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae.

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West Nile virus was first identified in 1937 in Uganda in eastern Africa by Kenneth C. Smithburn at the Rockefeller Institute. It was first discovered in the United States in the summer of 1999 in New York.

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Symptoms depends on the person's immune system whom has became infected.
8 out of 10 cases are never noticed. Common symptoms are fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and joint pain. Severe cases include the common symptoms plus disorientation, tremors, convulsions, vision loss, coma, paralysis, and even death. 1 out of 150 cases require hospitalization.

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West Nile Virus is transmitted continually between mosquitoes and birds, only when an infected mosquito bites a human or animal does the disease become noticed.

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`There is no vaccine for WNV in humans. Typical cases usually only require Acetaminophen to reduce fever and headache, but severe cases can require hospitalization for supportive care.

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The easiest and most common way to prevent West Nile Virus from infecting humans is to use bug spray that contains DEET when outside.