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West Nile Case Study Essay

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This case study I debated between a couple of different diseases but ultimately decided to chose the topic of West Nile for the fact that we have seen this disease in our community and I want to learn more about it. West Nile is a virus that is spread through mosquitos. I will be discussing different topics in this case study including, the epidemiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, the prognosis, and some statistics of this disease. West Nile is something that we have all heard about. Each year when the summer months’ approach we start to think about protecting ourselves from mosquitos. One of the main reasons to protect ourselves is to avoid the spread of West Nile. We hear about at least one person that has been diagnosed with this disease each summer. West Nile is a virus that is spread via mosquitos. The virus usually spreads to humans along with animals through misquitoes that are infected. …show more content…

That was astonishing to me. I truly had no idea there were anywhere near forty different species. I though a mosquito was a mosquito! A study that done back in 1999, revealed sixty-one cases of the severe virus in which seven deaths occurred along the cost in the New York area. This case study was interesting to learn about. I defiantly had no idea about some of the facts of this virus and the complications than can develop from a mosquito bite. I am going to be more careful about prevent the spread of this virus. I have always been careful in the past to not get bit by a mosquito just because I am sure they carried a lot of bad viruses. I also found it to be fascinating to write a case study on a disease that we see here in our community. It almost makes more of an impact in the learning process to want to learn more about the West Nile Virus.

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