West Nile virus outbreak in Pakistan: Another potential public health threat in the pipeline?

West Nile virus (WNV), a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family of Flaviviridae, is an arbovirus transmitted to humans predominantly by mosquito bites. It exhibits a wide range of clinical findings ranging from asymptomatic presentation to severe several neurological disorders. WNV has af...

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Autores principales: Waseem, Summaiyya, Shaikh, Taha Gul, Ahmed, Syed Hassan, Usama, Rana Muhammad, Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib, Tahir, Muhammad Junaid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35638065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103663
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author Waseem, Summaiyya
Shaikh, Taha Gul
Ahmed, Syed Hassan
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Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib
Tahir, Muhammad Junaid
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description West Nile virus (WNV), a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family of Flaviviridae, is an arbovirus transmitted to humans predominantly by mosquito bites. It exhibits a wide range of clinical findings ranging from asymptomatic presentation to severe several neurological disorders. WNV has afflicted several countries around the globe including Pakistan. News of yet another outbreak in the country by WNV is circulating again. Concerned authorities should act vigilantly before the endemic takes over completely and bring down the already bereaving healthcare of Pakistan.
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spelling pubmed-91426102022-05-29 West Nile virus outbreak in Pakistan: Another potential public health threat in the pipeline? Waseem, Summaiyya Shaikh, Taha Gul Ahmed, Syed Hassan Usama, Rana Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Ann Med Surg (Lond) Short Communication West Nile virus (WNV), a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family of Flaviviridae, is an arbovirus transmitted to humans predominantly by mosquito bites. It exhibits a wide range of clinical findings ranging from asymptomatic presentation to severe several neurological disorders. WNV has afflicted several countries around the globe including Pakistan. News of yet another outbreak in the country by WNV is circulating again. Concerned authorities should act vigilantly before the endemic takes over completely and bring down the already bereaving healthcare of Pakistan. Elsevier 2022-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9142610/ /pubmed/35638065 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103663 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103663
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