West Nile Virus and Acute Flaccid Paralysis

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Electron micrograph image of West Nile virus. This image is made public courteous of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically the Viral Special Pathogens Branch.

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This diagram illustrates the West Nile virus life cycle, including transmission patterns. This image is made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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This table compares characteristics of West Nile poliomyelitis with Guillian-Barre syndrome. West Nile poliomyelitis is often confused for and misdiagnosed as Guillian-Barre Syndrome. This table represents the work completed by Sejvar et al. 2006 published in Reviews in Medical Virology.

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Saggital (A) and axial (B) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spinal cord in a patient with bilateral upper extremity paralysis and respiratory failure, displaying increased signal in the anterior spinal cord. Sejvar et al. 2006.