West Nile Fever
Substantia nigra involved in West Nile virus-induced encephalitis
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 7th, 2003
According to published research from Michigan, "West Nile virus has become a medically important arbovirus in the continental United States with its debut in 1999 in the New York City area."
C.M. Bosanko and coauthors at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak described "neuroimaging features and pathologic findings in two patients who were severely affected out of the more that 100 documented cases at our institution."
"Both patients showed striking involvement of the substantia nigra, a finding not previously reported for West Nile virus," the investigators...
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