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A recent study (Dec '09) on patients with previous severe WNV infection showed that the virus can persist in the kidneys for many years after inital infection, particularly for those who still displayed symptoms. It seems that kidney failure is a possibility if this happens, and something I think should be added to the article, but I don't know how to do it, so I hope someone who knows how can add it.
Summary: http://www.physorg.com/news179418889.html Journal: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/648731
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.234.16 ( talk) 01:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Some people claim intravenous vitamin c can cure west nile. It sounds controversial but who knows?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.53.78.143 ( talk) 21:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Added text from public domain resource at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/ -- Anon.
In the same vein as Montrealais I'm going to add some dissenting viewpoints about spraying and the media attention given to this thing. -- wji
Disproportionate media coverage?
While i'll submit that there has been much more media concern over WNV than something like influenza, WNV is a virus that we can easily eradicate if people would take the right precautions. People who think that WNV is just an exaggerated problem are the same people who refuse to get vaccinated for polio. It's because of them that polio still exists in the world today.
It's also worth noting that even though WNV isn't currently an epidemic, malaria(which shares very similar modes of transmission) is.
The statements as to why there is disproportionate media coverage are biased at best. I don't think it's appropriate to be stating one side or another, so i won't be including my thoughts either.
If this is so widespread around the world, does anyone have numbers on how many it kills in other countries each year? Thius page could use more balance. --rmhermen
replaced 'Some have speculated that fears of West Nile are due to xenophobia.' Some may have, but since the disease is not spread by 'foreigners', it's a silly speculation and simply false. I think what was probably meant is that it was a disease not native to the areas where it is currently reported. Someone else
In the "control" section, some statements are made that just don't seem right. "The government has also taken it upon itself to spray entire communities with massive amounts of insect repellent although they do not address the fact that spraying the air with dangereous chemicals may in fact do much more harm than the West Nile Virus." Which one does "The government" refer to? I'm assuming US, but it should say. Also, what "dangerous" chemicals are used? The author of the paragraph assumes some knowledge, but does not share it.
This duplicate page was created at "West Nile Virus": I have turned it into a redirect, bacause this article appears to cover everything in the duplicate.
West Nile Virus
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West Nile Virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is closely related to St. Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals.
“West Nile fever is a case of mild disease in people, characterized by flu-like symptoms. West Nile fever typically lasts only a few days and does not appear to cause any long-term health effects.
More severe disease due to a person being infected with this virus can be “West Nile encephalitis,” West Nile meningitis or West Nile meningoencephalitis.” Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it. [1]
- Centers for Disease Control (US) web site: [2]
Why isn't there an effective vaccine or treatment for West Nile Virus in humans? If there have been deaths by this disease, shouldn't our medical scientists have found a way to treat, or at least vaccine the disease?
An equine WNV vaccine is currently available, and a number of human vaccine candidates are at various stages of testing now.-- Charanti Talk 18:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Re US outbreak: user 69.209.201.10 has removed reference to source being due to an air traveller, and instead has stated that could have leaked from Plum Island and that Donald Rumsfeld had sold it to Saddam Hussein. I've no idea whether this might be true - it just sounds possibly dodgy. Finbarr Saunders 05:32, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I think the Layman comprehension" probably would helped a lot by putting more in-article links on technical terms, keeping the authors/editors' flow intact but making layman-level definitions/descriptions/contextual information for some of the terminology and its significance would make the article much more non-expert accessible. I don't know if Wikipedia's structure or policy allows mouse-over popus, but Think think in c ases like this, a mouseover pop link containing a concise overview of a term or the significance of say, the virus' number of nucleotides would help the non-expert's comprehension and reading flow better by not having to jump into and out of whole other pages. 71.208.159.194 ( talk) 11:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
The article for the Asian Tiger Mosquito claims that it is not a known carrier, while this article claims it is. Someone please research this and find out which is true. LokiClock ( talk) 14:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Added more details about mammals and clearer statement about main route of transmission. In later section added occupational exposure as documented route of transmission-- FloNight 04:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
This article is seriously outdated there is 2005 information on the CDC site. I'm too lazy to update all of the article myself though. And a factual error. Here [3] CDC tells there were 9862 reported human cases and 264 deaths in 2003. While in the article it states this: "In the 2003 outbreak, 9,858 cases and 262 deaths were reported by the CDC".
Allright, but i suppose those numbers are things the external reviewers count as an error.( 83.118.38.37 21:38, 22 January 2006 (UTC))
The results of what exactly Nature suggested should be corrected is out... italicize each bullet point once you make the correction. -- user:zanimum
I notice that someone just removed the statement about "stiff neck" as a symptom. Note that the reviewer didn't say this was never a symptom, just that it was very rare. If this is the case, please put in some statement about how often this symptom occurs.
In general, please don't just remove disputed statements. Do some homework so that you can replace them with a more accurate description. For one thing, this will prevent someone else from ignorantly re-inserting the same misconception in a year or two. —Steven G. Johnson 01:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I rewrote the introduction that describes the virus particle reconstructions. These are not the same as photgraphs. Moreover, WN particles are remarkably similar to those of dengue. AND, could someone please tell me where that strange purple picture came from? What is it supposed to represent? Lindenb 21:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A citation is needed that west nile virus can infect all the species listed in the opening paragraph. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.97.51.123 ( talk) 00:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC).
The article does not seem to include anything on the effects on humans. What are the symptoms? Is it fatal? If so, what is the mortality rate? How long does the disease typically take to present and to progress to completeion? Can someone knowledgeable please add this information to the article? Johntex\ talk 02:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
There was a recent Toronto Star article about new information of how the virus spreads - in particular, something like 80% of cases in Toronto were within several kilometres of an urban park/ urban forest. Does anyone know how to find it online? It was older than a week, but fairly recent. Esn 09:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I work for the America's Most Wanted Safety Center, a new department of America's Most Wanted getting away from the capturing of criminals, and branching out to all aspects of safety. I feel a link to our post about preventing West Nile infection would be appropriate and mutually beneficial, as anyone seeking knowledge about West Nile virus would benefit from knowledge about preventing it. The link is http://www.amw.com/safety/?p=36 please consider it. Jrosenfe 14:35, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
What is the prognosis for infected persons?
I have read and heard about this disease's vaccine harming unborn foals, reducing fertility in stallions and mares. I think there should be a link to The-Lost-Foals group, of which I'll put a link up later on. [5] Punk19
"The disease was first noted in horses in Egypt and France in the early 1960s and found to be widespread in southern Europe, southwest Asia and Australia."
Where is this information from? From what I know WNV does not exist in Australia, let alone Oceania; mainly due to a competitive virus impeding colonization (Kunjin virus I believe). -- Permafrost 09:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
"The software and information about the project can be found at: (end of page)" -- where?? 68.3.112.163 ( talk) 06:33, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I have read and heard through several sources that the west nile virus is decimating, or at least having a severe negative impact on the bird populations of North America. Is this something that the article should address also? I agree that most people are concerned about the human impact, but the birds mentioned in the article are suffering as well, not just carrying. 65.222.100.252 ( talk) 16:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)Felch Dumas
WNV is also found in alligators. —Preceding
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Can someone fix this text so that it makes sense?
West Nile Virus (WNV) has three different effects on humans. The first is an asymptomatic infection; the second is a mild febrile syndrome termed West Nile Fever; the third is a neuroinvasive disease termed West Nile meningitis or encephalitis. In many infected individuals the ratio between the three states is roughly 110:30:1.
—Largo Plazo ( talk) 11:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Horses with anticorpos to WNV were reported by Oswaldo Cruz Institute researchers in Aug., 2011. 200.129.128.7 ( talk) 20:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC) William L. Overal, Belém, Brazil
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/Lists/News/ECDC_DispForm.aspx?List=32e43ee8-e230-4424-a783-85742124029a&ID=478&RootFolder=%2Fen%2Fpress%2Fnews%2FLists%2FNews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.96.60 ( talk) 22:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
I fully agree with the tag "This article may be too technical for most readers to understand". I just got this CNN news alert by e-mail: "The recent West Nile virus outbreak is the largest ever seen in the United States, according to new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." The first place I go when I want quick, concise and objective information is Wikipedia. Evidently, most people also do this, because if I recall correctly, when Michael Jackson died, the servers at Wikipedia crashed because so many people went to his article. When I read this West Nile Wiki article, I had to struggle with comprehension of it. Please simplify it, especially in the introductory section. If readers want the technical jargon, that can be placed further down in the article for those are interested. Thanks!!! JGKlein ( talk) 17:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I have once again removed mention of a study placed in the lead cited to a non MEDRS compliant source. MEDRS is clear in that our preferred sources are secondary sources from the medical literature such as review studies published in the peer-reviewed literature or information from high quality medical textbooks. We rely on secondary sources to determine which primary study deserves WP:WEIGHT. We need to weight for this material to be reviewed in the medical literature before including. As an aside, this sort of material almost certainly does not belong in the lead. Yobol ( talk) 02:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
In other words, these findings are NOT important until confirmed. This reflects WP's stance on primary reports in the medical literature. -- Scray ( talk) 04:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)Dr. Lyle Petersen, a CDC West Nile specialist, called Murray’s study “intriguing and interesting,” but said more work is needed to confirm the findings. “If true, they are of importance,” he added.
In May 1994 the CDC admitted to having sent several biological warfare agents to Iraq from 1984 through 1989, including Botulinum toxin, West Nile virus, Yersinia pestis and Dengue fever virus.
CIT= "The eleventh plague: the politics of biological and chemical warfare" (p. 84-86) by Leonard A. Cole (1993)
This information (and citation) is found on the CDC page, but is probably pretty pertinent to those looking for information on it. 24.96.100.122 ( talk) 08:35, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Review in JAMA JFW | T@lk 22:13, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
The first paragraph states: "WNV is now considered to be an endemic pathogen in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and in the United States"
However, the wikipedia article on endemic says "Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone"
Seems like "endemic" is the wrong word. Quite oxymoronic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.98.236 ( talk) 21:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00134-6 JFW | T@lk 13:40, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
I was hoping the article would answer one specific question: Does recovery from this illness confer any kind of immunity to the disease? The article should say so. If we don't yet know, the article should say that instead. Either way, the article should address the question. — MiguelMunoz ( talk) 23:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
I have removed the redirect on the West Nile Virus page and made it into the article. I have added some material that I have been working on but it still needs some work. Perhaps some virus related information from the West Nile fever page could be added here? Puthuveetilnp ( talk) 05:39, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
Caption of the lead photograph says, "A micrograph of the West Nile Virus, appearing in yellow." This is a misleading caption. The picture shows not one but several viral particles sticking to one another. Each yellow globule is one viral particle. I feel this caption should be changed.
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 August 2020 and 25 November 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): SylvannaS.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 12:51, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
A recent study (Dec '09) on patients with previous severe WNV infection showed that the virus can persist in the kidneys for many years after inital infection, particularly for those who still displayed symptoms. It seems that kidney failure is a possibility if this happens, and something I think should be added to the article, but I don't know how to do it, so I hope someone who knows how can add it.
Summary: http://www.physorg.com/news179418889.html Journal: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/648731
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.234.16 ( talk) 01:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Some people claim intravenous vitamin c can cure west nile. It sounds controversial but who knows?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.53.78.143 ( talk) 21:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Added text from public domain resource at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/ -- Anon.
In the same vein as Montrealais I'm going to add some dissenting viewpoints about spraying and the media attention given to this thing. -- wji
Disproportionate media coverage?
While i'll submit that there has been much more media concern over WNV than something like influenza, WNV is a virus that we can easily eradicate if people would take the right precautions. People who think that WNV is just an exaggerated problem are the same people who refuse to get vaccinated for polio. It's because of them that polio still exists in the world today.
It's also worth noting that even though WNV isn't currently an epidemic, malaria(which shares very similar modes of transmission) is.
The statements as to why there is disproportionate media coverage are biased at best. I don't think it's appropriate to be stating one side or another, so i won't be including my thoughts either.
If this is so widespread around the world, does anyone have numbers on how many it kills in other countries each year? Thius page could use more balance. --rmhermen
replaced 'Some have speculated that fears of West Nile are due to xenophobia.' Some may have, but since the disease is not spread by 'foreigners', it's a silly speculation and simply false. I think what was probably meant is that it was a disease not native to the areas where it is currently reported. Someone else
In the "control" section, some statements are made that just don't seem right. "The government has also taken it upon itself to spray entire communities with massive amounts of insect repellent although they do not address the fact that spraying the air with dangereous chemicals may in fact do much more harm than the West Nile Virus." Which one does "The government" refer to? I'm assuming US, but it should say. Also, what "dangerous" chemicals are used? The author of the paragraph assumes some knowledge, but does not share it.
This duplicate page was created at "West Nile Virus": I have turned it into a redirect, bacause this article appears to cover everything in the duplicate.
West Nile Virus
User "69.209.201.10" has This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.
West Nile Virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is closely related to St. Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals.
“West Nile fever is a case of mild disease in people, characterized by flu-like symptoms. West Nile fever typically lasts only a few days and does not appear to cause any long-term health effects.
More severe disease due to a person being infected with this virus can be “West Nile encephalitis,” West Nile meningitis or West Nile meningoencephalitis.” Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it. [1]
- Centers for Disease Control (US) web site: [2]
Why isn't there an effective vaccine or treatment for West Nile Virus in humans? If there have been deaths by this disease, shouldn't our medical scientists have found a way to treat, or at least vaccine the disease?
An equine WNV vaccine is currently available, and a number of human vaccine candidates are at various stages of testing now.-- Charanti Talk 18:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Re US outbreak: user 69.209.201.10 has removed reference to source being due to an air traveller, and instead has stated that could have leaked from Plum Island and that Donald Rumsfeld had sold it to Saddam Hussein. I've no idea whether this might be true - it just sounds possibly dodgy. Finbarr Saunders 05:32, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I think the Layman comprehension" probably would helped a lot by putting more in-article links on technical terms, keeping the authors/editors' flow intact but making layman-level definitions/descriptions/contextual information for some of the terminology and its significance would make the article much more non-expert accessible. I don't know if Wikipedia's structure or policy allows mouse-over popus, but Think think in c ases like this, a mouseover pop link containing a concise overview of a term or the significance of say, the virus' number of nucleotides would help the non-expert's comprehension and reading flow better by not having to jump into and out of whole other pages. 71.208.159.194 ( talk) 11:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
The article for the Asian Tiger Mosquito claims that it is not a known carrier, while this article claims it is. Someone please research this and find out which is true. LokiClock ( talk) 14:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Added more details about mammals and clearer statement about main route of transmission. In later section added occupational exposure as documented route of transmission-- FloNight 04:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
This article is seriously outdated there is 2005 information on the CDC site. I'm too lazy to update all of the article myself though. And a factual error. Here [3] CDC tells there were 9862 reported human cases and 264 deaths in 2003. While in the article it states this: "In the 2003 outbreak, 9,858 cases and 262 deaths were reported by the CDC".
Allright, but i suppose those numbers are things the external reviewers count as an error.( 83.118.38.37 21:38, 22 January 2006 (UTC))
The results of what exactly Nature suggested should be corrected is out... italicize each bullet point once you make the correction. -- user:zanimum
I notice that someone just removed the statement about "stiff neck" as a symptom. Note that the reviewer didn't say this was never a symptom, just that it was very rare. If this is the case, please put in some statement about how often this symptom occurs.
In general, please don't just remove disputed statements. Do some homework so that you can replace them with a more accurate description. For one thing, this will prevent someone else from ignorantly re-inserting the same misconception in a year or two. —Steven G. Johnson 01:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I rewrote the introduction that describes the virus particle reconstructions. These are not the same as photgraphs. Moreover, WN particles are remarkably similar to those of dengue. AND, could someone please tell me where that strange purple picture came from? What is it supposed to represent? Lindenb 21:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A citation is needed that west nile virus can infect all the species listed in the opening paragraph. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.97.51.123 ( talk) 00:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC).
The article does not seem to include anything on the effects on humans. What are the symptoms? Is it fatal? If so, what is the mortality rate? How long does the disease typically take to present and to progress to completeion? Can someone knowledgeable please add this information to the article? Johntex\ talk 02:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
There was a recent Toronto Star article about new information of how the virus spreads - in particular, something like 80% of cases in Toronto were within several kilometres of an urban park/ urban forest. Does anyone know how to find it online? It was older than a week, but fairly recent. Esn 09:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I work for the America's Most Wanted Safety Center, a new department of America's Most Wanted getting away from the capturing of criminals, and branching out to all aspects of safety. I feel a link to our post about preventing West Nile infection would be appropriate and mutually beneficial, as anyone seeking knowledge about West Nile virus would benefit from knowledge about preventing it. The link is http://www.amw.com/safety/?p=36 please consider it. Jrosenfe 14:35, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
What is the prognosis for infected persons?
I have read and heard about this disease's vaccine harming unborn foals, reducing fertility in stallions and mares. I think there should be a link to The-Lost-Foals group, of which I'll put a link up later on. [5] Punk19
"The disease was first noted in horses in Egypt and France in the early 1960s and found to be widespread in southern Europe, southwest Asia and Australia."
Where is this information from? From what I know WNV does not exist in Australia, let alone Oceania; mainly due to a competitive virus impeding colonization (Kunjin virus I believe). -- Permafrost 09:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
"The software and information about the project can be found at: (end of page)" -- where?? 68.3.112.163 ( talk) 06:33, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I have read and heard through several sources that the west nile virus is decimating, or at least having a severe negative impact on the bird populations of North America. Is this something that the article should address also? I agree that most people are concerned about the human impact, but the birds mentioned in the article are suffering as well, not just carrying. 65.222.100.252 ( talk) 16:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)Felch Dumas
WNV is also found in alligators. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
159.178.14.146 (
talk) 18:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Can someone fix this text so that it makes sense?
West Nile Virus (WNV) has three different effects on humans. The first is an asymptomatic infection; the second is a mild febrile syndrome termed West Nile Fever; the third is a neuroinvasive disease termed West Nile meningitis or encephalitis. In many infected individuals the ratio between the three states is roughly 110:30:1.
—Largo Plazo ( talk) 11:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Horses with anticorpos to WNV were reported by Oswaldo Cruz Institute researchers in Aug., 2011. 200.129.128.7 ( talk) 20:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC) William L. Overal, Belém, Brazil
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/Lists/News/ECDC_DispForm.aspx?List=32e43ee8-e230-4424-a783-85742124029a&ID=478&RootFolder=%2Fen%2Fpress%2Fnews%2FLists%2FNews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.96.60 ( talk) 22:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
I fully agree with the tag "This article may be too technical for most readers to understand". I just got this CNN news alert by e-mail: "The recent West Nile virus outbreak is the largest ever seen in the United States, according to new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." The first place I go when I want quick, concise and objective information is Wikipedia. Evidently, most people also do this, because if I recall correctly, when Michael Jackson died, the servers at Wikipedia crashed because so many people went to his article. When I read this West Nile Wiki article, I had to struggle with comprehension of it. Please simplify it, especially in the introductory section. If readers want the technical jargon, that can be placed further down in the article for those are interested. Thanks!!! JGKlein ( talk) 17:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
I have once again removed mention of a study placed in the lead cited to a non MEDRS compliant source. MEDRS is clear in that our preferred sources are secondary sources from the medical literature such as review studies published in the peer-reviewed literature or information from high quality medical textbooks. We rely on secondary sources to determine which primary study deserves WP:WEIGHT. We need to weight for this material to be reviewed in the medical literature before including. As an aside, this sort of material almost certainly does not belong in the lead. Yobol ( talk) 02:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
In other words, these findings are NOT important until confirmed. This reflects WP's stance on primary reports in the medical literature. -- Scray ( talk) 04:59, 27 August 2012 (UTC)Dr. Lyle Petersen, a CDC West Nile specialist, called Murray’s study “intriguing and interesting,” but said more work is needed to confirm the findings. “If true, they are of importance,” he added.
In May 1994 the CDC admitted to having sent several biological warfare agents to Iraq from 1984 through 1989, including Botulinum toxin, West Nile virus, Yersinia pestis and Dengue fever virus.
CIT= "The eleventh plague: the politics of biological and chemical warfare" (p. 84-86) by Leonard A. Cole (1993)
This information (and citation) is found on the CDC page, but is probably pretty pertinent to those looking for information on it. 24.96.100.122 ( talk) 08:35, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Review in JAMA JFW | T@lk 22:13, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
The first paragraph states: "WNV is now considered to be an endemic pathogen in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and in the United States"
However, the wikipedia article on endemic says "Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone"
Seems like "endemic" is the wrong word. Quite oxymoronic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.98.236 ( talk) 21:40, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00134-6 JFW | T@lk 13:40, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
I was hoping the article would answer one specific question: Does recovery from this illness confer any kind of immunity to the disease? The article should say so. If we don't yet know, the article should say that instead. Either way, the article should address the question. — MiguelMunoz ( talk) 23:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
I have removed the redirect on the West Nile Virus page and made it into the article. I have added some material that I have been working on but it still needs some work. Perhaps some virus related information from the West Nile fever page could be added here? Puthuveetilnp ( talk) 05:39, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
Caption of the lead photograph says, "A micrograph of the West Nile Virus, appearing in yellow." This is a misleading caption. The picture shows not one but several viral particles sticking to one another. Each yellow globule is one viral particle. I feel this caption should be changed.