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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Pathology
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Abbreviations
- West Nile virus (WNV), West Nile fever (WNF), West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND)
Definitions
- Mosquito-transmitted acute meningoencephalitis caused by West Nile arbovirus
IMAGING
General Features
Imaging Recommendations
CT Findings
MR Findings
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
Selected References
- Yu A et al: Clinical spectrum of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. Neurohospitalist. 10(1):43-7, 2020
- Arahata Y et al: Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging changes in Japanese encephalitis. Brain Dev. 41(8):731-4, 2019
- Martinovic V et al: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in a patient infected with West Nile virus. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 32:19-22, 2019
- Peng BH et al: West Nile virus induced cell death in the central nervous system. Pathogens. 8(4), 2019
- Daep CA et al: Flaviviruses, an expanding threat in public health: focus on dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis virus. J Neurovirol. 20(6):539-60, 2014
- Racsa L et al: Clinical features of West Nile virus epidemic in Dallas, Texas, 2012. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 78(2):132-6, 2014
- Handique SK: Viral infections of the central nervous system. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 21(4):777-94, vii, 2011
- Blitvich BJ: Transmission dynamics and changing epidemiology of West Nile virus. Anim Health Res Rev. 9(1):71-86, 2008
- Kramer LD et al: West Nile virus. Lancet Neurol. 6(2):171-81, 2007
- Ali M et al: West Nile virus infection: MR imaging findings in the nervous system. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(2):289-97, 2005
- Kraushaar G et al: West Nile Virus: a case report with flaccid paralysis and cervical spinal cord: MR imaging findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(1):26-9, 2005
- Petropoulou KA et al: West Nile virus meningoencephalitis: MR imaging findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(8):1986-95, 2005
- Agid R et al: MR diffusion-weighted imaging in a case of West Nile virus encephalitis. Neurology. 61(12):1821-3, 2003
- Madden K: West Nile virus infection and its neurological manifestations. Clin Med Res. 1(2):145-50, 2003
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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Pathology
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Abbreviations
- West Nile virus (WNV), West Nile fever (WNF), West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND)
Definitions
- Mosquito-transmitted acute meningoencephalitis caused by West Nile arbovirus
IMAGING
General Features
Imaging Recommendations
CT Findings
MR Findings
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
Selected References
- Yu A et al: Clinical spectrum of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. Neurohospitalist. 10(1):43-7, 2020
- Arahata Y et al: Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging changes in Japanese encephalitis. Brain Dev. 41(8):731-4, 2019
- Martinovic V et al: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in a patient infected with West Nile virus. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 32:19-22, 2019
- Peng BH et al: West Nile virus induced cell death in the central nervous system. Pathogens. 8(4), 2019
- Daep CA et al: Flaviviruses, an expanding threat in public health: focus on dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis virus. J Neurovirol. 20(6):539-60, 2014
- Racsa L et al: Clinical features of West Nile virus epidemic in Dallas, Texas, 2012. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 78(2):132-6, 2014
- Handique SK: Viral infections of the central nervous system. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 21(4):777-94, vii, 2011
- Blitvich BJ: Transmission dynamics and changing epidemiology of West Nile virus. Anim Health Res Rev. 9(1):71-86, 2008
- Kramer LD et al: West Nile virus. Lancet Neurol. 6(2):171-81, 2007
- Ali M et al: West Nile virus infection: MR imaging findings in the nervous system. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(2):289-97, 2005
- Kraushaar G et al: West Nile Virus: a case report with flaccid paralysis and cervical spinal cord: MR imaging findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(1):26-9, 2005
- Petropoulou KA et al: West Nile virus meningoencephalitis: MR imaging findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 26(8):1986-95, 2005
- Agid R et al: MR diffusion-weighted imaging in a case of West Nile virus encephalitis. Neurology. 61(12):1821-3, 2003
- Madden K: West Nile virus infection and its neurological manifestations. Clin Med Res. 1(2):145-50, 2003
