Guide To West Nile Virus Symptoms

West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease. Its symptoms can be so mild that the infected person doesn’t know they have it, to life-threatening when the disorder leads to encephalitis or meningitis. Individuals who have compromised immune systems are in the most danger from the West Nile virus, which is related to the viruses that cause such devastating diseases as dengue fever and yellow fever. As of 2019, there is no vaccine or real treatment for West Nile virus. The only way to prevent it is to discourage mosquitoes from biting. It is most often spread by a Culex mosquito that has picked up the virus from an infected bird.