WNV infection is an evolving disease, taking on a variety of clinical manifestations and often presenting with a confounding set of signs and symptoms. Because of this perplexing symptomatology ...

Hyponatremia was sometimes present, particularly in patients with encephalitis. CSF showed pleocytosis, usually with a predominance of lymphocytes. Protein was universally elevated. Glucose was ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have uncovered a gene in fruit flies that plays a crucial role in their courtship ...

On January 16, a yearling Hanoverian colt in Seminole County, Florida, tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) ...

such as West Nile encephalitis, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When the virus invades the nervous system during severe infections, the risk of long-term effects soars.

They are focusing on how these lizards and their population shift influence the spread of diseases like West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis and Eastern equine encephalitis. The one-year study, ...

Climate change poses as a biggest environmental threat. It substantially affects pathogens (parasites, viruses and bacteria), ...

"As with any large-scale public event, there will be heightened security, and the region will be on alert or signs of ...