ALLMedicine™ St. Louis Encephalitis Center

Jun 23rd, 2022 - In Argentina, the Pampa ecoregion has been almost completely transformed into agroecosystems. To evaluate the environmental (agricultural area, tree coverage, distance to the nearest water body and urban site) and biological (dove, cowbird, and sp...

May 6th, 2022 - Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of infected mosquitoes and ticks. West Nile virus (WNV), mainly transmitted by Culex species mosquitos, is the leading cause of domestically acquired arbovi...

Oct 16th, 2021 - We conducted serologic surveillance for flaviviruses and orthobunyaviruses in vertebrate animals in Mexico in 2018-2019. Sera were collected from 856 vertebrate animals, including 323 dogs, 223 horses, and 121 cows, from 16 species. The animals we...

Aug 13th, 2021 - Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of infected mosquitoes and ticks. West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease in the United States (1). Other arb...

Jun 3rd, 2021 - Approach Considerations A high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), and expeditious evaluation is indicated after the diagnosis is considered. In the absence of any other identifiable cause, co...

Aug 8th, 2019 - West Nile Virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease incidence was up nearly 25% in 2018 from the average incidence from 2008 to 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Emily McDonal...

Aug 8th, 2019 - West Nile Virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease incidence was up nearly 25% in 2018 from the average incidence from 2008 to 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Emily McDonal...

Oct 26th, 2018 - Arboviral infections, which are spread by mosquitos and ticks, are predominantly caused by West Nile virus in the United States. But in 2017, other arboviruses caused sporadic cases, and most were neuroinvasive, researchers from the Centers for Di...

Aug 18th, 2017 - Key Points and Recommendations: 1. New Hampshire’s first human infection with Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) in 2017 has been identified. JCV is an uncommon arboviral infection that is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. 2. Healthc...

Jan 28th, 2017 - West Nile virus was the most common cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease in the United States in 2015, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 2,282 cases of arboviral disease were reported.