West+Nile+Virus

Owen M. Catie C. Garett L.

**Introduction**
In this presentaion we will be going over the topic West Nile disease. We will talk about the symptoms that this disease causes and how to stop and prevent it from happening. Also we'll go over its history and the effects it has on humans.

**Symtoms and Treatment**
Some of the symptoms that occur when a person gets west Nile disease are a ill-like illness and sometimes it can be life-threatening. West Nile is not as dangerous as he flu. The way it is spread is through mosquitoes, a mosquito with west Nile will bite someone and the disease will then be transferred to that person. The treatment vaccine acambis is a becoming a treatment to fight against West Nile disease. Most west Nile disease is found in Africa, western Asia and middle east. It was never found in the Western hemisphere until 1999. There are 48 species of mosquitoes with it and 250 birds know to have it.

**History**
The West Nile Virus was found in the western hemisphere in 1999. It spread from the New York region to almost all of the continental U.S, & provinces in Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico throughout 2004. And is rapidly spreading throughout North America. The West Nile Virus is an insect-born flavivirus, commonly found in Africa, Western and Eastern Asia. It has been found in 48 different species of mosquitoes.Most West Nile virus deaths are caused by encephalitis, a severe swelling of the brain, or meningitis, a severe swelling of the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. West Nile was discovered by a Jefferson County in June The West Nile Virus comes in many different strains. Like other viruses West Nile changes over time. But no symptoms appear in the first few days and you start to realize the symptoms by 3 to 14 days.But about 1 out of every 150 infected people develops serious disease symptoms, such as headache, high fever, tremors, convulsions, numbness, vision loss and paralysis lasting several days to several weeks, potentially with some permanent neurological damage.The virus gets transferred between misquotes to animals to humans but can also be given directly to humans from misquotes. less than 1% of people get West Nile diseases, 20% of people that get West Nile disease get symptoms.
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