Conditions / Infectious

West Nile encephalitis

info · Infectious · ICD-10: A92.31

A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in brain, has_material_basis_in West Nile virus (Orthoflavivirus nilense), which is transmitted_by Culex, Aedes, or Anopheles species of mosquitoes. The infection with symptoms of high fever, with

A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in brain, has_material_basis_in West Nile virus (Orthoflavivirus nilense), which is transmitted_by Culex, Aedes, or Anopheles species of mosquitoes. The infection with symptoms of high fever, with symptoms of headache, with symptoms of neck stiffness, with symptoms of stupor, with symptoms of disorientation, with symptoms of coma, with symptoms of tremors, with symptoms of convulsions, with symptoms of muscle weakness, with symptoms of vision loss, with symptoms of numbness, and with symptoms of paralysis.

Medications that may treat it

ribavirin

Also known as: West Nile Fever with encephalitis; West Nile fever encephalitis