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West Nile Fever

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030323

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)

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030323
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030323",
  "term": "West Nile Fever",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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)",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/west-nile-fever/"
}

Record 30,323 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.