West Nile virus
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- /wɛst naɪl ˈvaɪərəs/
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virus del Nilo Occidental
- And mosquitoes can carry the West Nile virus.
- outbreak of West Nile virus
- spread of West Nile virus
- mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus
It's kind of so one doctor told us that he had probably had W West Nile virus.
- It's kind of so one doctor told us that he had probably had W West Nile virus.
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There's no vaccine for the West Nile virus, but companies are working toward solutions.
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For example, today the West Nile virus is completing its spread across our country.
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Most people here do not even realize that they had West Nile virus.
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The first one was the advent of West Nile virus, which took us a while to understand.
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Since 1999, however, another threat has emerged in North America: West Nile virus.
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Surveillance and reporting of West Nile virus activity within the county have been eliminated.
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More recently, the spread in the United States of West Nile virus, also mosquito-borne, has focused new attention on DEET.
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From 1999 to the first half of the present decade, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread throughout the United States.
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There is also potential for the introduction of new diseases, particularly avian influenza and West Nile virus.
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The health department reported several cases of West Nile virus in the area this summer.
Synonyms
A tiny germ that causes brain inflammation in people and animals and spreads by infected mosquitoes
A virus spread by mosquitoes that causes diseases like dengue and Zika
How Dangerous
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Morphology
The term is compositional: 'West Nile' functions as a place name and 'virus' denotes a pathogen, so a learner who knows the parts can infer it is a virus associated with the West Nile area. They may not know clinical details or transmission, but the basic geographic association plus 'virus' is directly derivable and cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
West Nile virus comes from the name of the West Nile region in Uganda, where scientists first found the virus in people and birds. So the name points to the place it was first seen and now means the mosquito-spread 'infection' that can affect people and animals.