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How To Confirm For West Nile Virus Infection If There Is Headache, Body Ache And Tiredness After Mosquito Bite?

West Nile has been found in our home town and my daughter whose immune system is not good do to meds she takes has been bitten by mosquitos and woke up feeling like shes sick headaches slight body aches and tired how can I tell if its the virus or not
Sat, 1 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
This is a arboviral disease which is transmitted by Culex mosquito, most of the times in human beings it subclinical (cause no symptoms).
In the cases where symptoms occur it may be fever, headaches, fatigue, muscle pain or aches, malaise, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, myalgia and rash. Similar any other viral infection it will also have the symptoms.
Diagnosis of West Nile Virus infections is done by serologic testing, virus-specific antibody IgM and neutralizing antibodies.
You need to confirm your diagnosis by undergoing lab investigations.
Thank you.
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How To Confirm For West Nile Virus Infection If There Is Headache, Body Ache And Tiredness After Mosquito Bite?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, This is a arboviral disease which is transmitted by Culex mosquito, most of the times in human beings it subclinical (cause no symptoms). In the cases where symptoms occur it may be fever, headaches, fatigue, muscle pain or aches, malaise, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, myalgia and rash. Similar any other viral infection it will also have the symptoms. Diagnosis of West Nile Virus infections is done by serologic testing, virus-specific antibody IgM and neutralizing antibodies. You need to confirm your diagnosis by undergoing lab investigations. Thank you.