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A Factor That Should Raise Awareness in the Practice of Pediatric Medicine: West Nile Virus

Çocuk Hekimliği Pratiğinde Farkındalığın Artması Gereken Bir Etken; Batı Nil Virüsü

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In this ar-ticle, two patients that consulted owing to the complaints such as fever, vomiting, weakness, headache, photophobia were diagnosed with West Nile virus positive in August after they were examined.

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Objective & Hypothesis:West Nile virus is an RNA virus found in Flaviviridae family and its vector is of Culex-type mosquitoes and the population of these flies soar dra-matically in August.
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Key Findings & Data:Most of the infected people who have mild viremia experience this disease asymptomatically or encounter situations simi-lar to other viral infections.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this ar-ticle, two patients that consulted owing to the complaints such as fever, vomiting, weakness, headache, photophobia were diagnosed with West Nile virus positive in August after they were examined.
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Abstract

West Nile virus is an RNA virus found in Flaviviridae family and its vector is of Culex-type mosquitoes and the population of these flies soar dra-matically in August. Most of the infected people who have mild viremia experience this disease asymptomatically or encounter situations simi-lar to other viral infections. Patients suffer from fatigue, fever, and head-ache, pain in the eyes, myalgia, diarrhea, vomiting, arthralgia, rash and lymphadenopathy. Similar to many diseases transmitted through mos-quitoes, the West Nile virus should also be considered as a problem of community health. In regions where this type of mosquito lives in sum-mer in particular and when patients that consult hospitals may mention unexplained fever, malaise, abdominal pain, headache, encephalitis acute loose paralysis, this virus type should be borne in mind. In this ar-ticle, two patients that consulted owing to the complaints such as fever, vomiting, weakness, headache, photophobia were diagnosed with West Nile virus positive in August after they were examined.

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Batı Nil virüsü (BNV) Flaviviridae ailesinde yer alan bir RNA virüsü olup, vektörü Culex türü sivrisineklerdir. Culex türü sineklerin popülasyonu Ağustos ayında pik yapmaktadır. Ilımlı viremiye sahip enfekte bireylerin çoğu hastalığı asemptomatik geçirmekte ya da diğer viral enfeksiyonla-ra benzeyen tablolarla karşımıza gelmektedir. Hastalarda sıklıkla halsiz-lik, ateş, baş ağrısı, gözlerde ağrı, miyalji, ishal, kusma, artralji, döküntü ve lenfadenopati görülebilmektedir. Sivrisinekler aracılığı ile bulaşan birçok hastalık gibi BNV de toplum sağlığı problemi olarak ele alınmalı ve bu cins sivrisineğin yaşam alanı olan bölgelerde özellikle yaz ayların-da hastanelere başvuran, nedeni bilinmeyen ateş, halsizlik, karın ağrısı, baş ağrısı, ensefalit, akut gevşek paralizi olan olgularda ayırıcı tanılar arasında yer almalıdır. Bu yazıda Ağustos ayında ateş, kusma, halsizlik, baş ağrısı, fotofobi nedeniyle başvuran ve tetkiklerinde BNV pozitif sap-tanan iki hasta sunulmuştur.

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UÇ, D., ÇELİK, T., GÖNEN, D., SUCU, A., CELİLOĞLU, C., TOLUNAY, O., ÇELİK, Ü. (2018). A Factor That Should Raise Awareness in the Practice of Pediatric Medicine: West Nile Virus. Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 2, 72–74. https://ajindex.com/articles/160118

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