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West Nile fever
Disease Summary
Associated Targets (1)
Tclin
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Mondo Description A mosquito-borne viral illness caused by the west nile virus, a flavivirus and endemic to regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Common clinical features include headache; fever; maculopapular rash; gastrointestinal symptoms; and lymphadenopathy. meningitis; encephalitis; and myelitis may also occur. The disease may occasionally be fatal or leave survivors with residual neurologic deficits. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, p13; Lancet 1998 Sep 5;352(9130):767-71)
Disease Ontology Description A viral infectious disease that results_in infection, has_material_basis_in West Nile virus, which is transmitted_by Culex and transmitted_by Aedes mosquitoes. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom sore throat, has_symptom headache, has_symptom body ache, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom maculopapular rash and has_symptom vomiting.
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Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
Description from Disease Ontology
DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
DOID:2366
MESH:D014901
SCTID:417093003
MONDO:0002282
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