Problem Statement and Annotated Bibliography

Problem Statement and Annotated Bibliography

Problem Statement

West Nile fever is a disease caused by West Nile virus (West Nile Virus, WNV), a virus of the family Flaviviridae isolated for the first time in 1937 in Uganda, precisely in the West Nile district (hence the name). The virus is widespread in Africa, West Asia, Europe, Australia and America.

The reservoirs of the virus in wild birds and mosquitoes (Culex most common type), whose bites are the main means of transmission to humans. Other means of infection documented, although much rarer, are organ transplants, blood transfusions and mother-to-fetus pregnancy. West Nile fever is not transmitted from person to ...