West Nile fever is an infectious disease caused by West Nile virus (WNV), a flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. WNV was first isolated in 1937 in Uganda.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01548 West Nile fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D46 West Nile virus infection
H01548 West Nile fever
Related pathway
hsa04060
Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
hsa04061
Viral protein interaction with cytokine and cytokine receptor
hsa04062
Chemokine signaling pathway
Gene
CCR5 (susceptibility) [HSA:1234] [KO:K04180]
Pathogen
West Nile virus [GN:T40029]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D46
ICD-10:
A92.3
MeSH:
D014901
MedlinePlus:
007186
OMIM:
610379
Reference
PMID:21994755
Authors
Lim SM, Koraka P, Osterhaus AD, Martina BE
Title
West Nile virus: immunity and pathogenesis.
Journal
Viruses 3:811-28 (2011) DOI:10.3390/v3060811
Reference
PMID:16418398
Authors
Glass WG, McDermott DH, Lim JK, Lekhong S, Yu SF, Frank WA, Pape J, Cheshier RC, Murphy PM
Title
CCR5 deficiency increases risk of symptomatic West Nile virus infection.
Journal
J Exp Med 203:35-40 (2006) DOI:10.1084/jem.20051970