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Will the West Nile Virus affect people in Georgia?
Title: Will the West Nile Virus affect people in Georgia?
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1120 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Will the West Nile Virus affect people in Georgia?
This paper will discuss how the West Nile virus is transmitted from infected birds to humans and whether or not people in Georgia are at risk of being affected by this virus.
West Nile enecephalitis is an infection of the brain caused by the West Nile virus,a flavirius, commonly found in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Western Asia. It is closely related to St.Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. Untill 1999, West Nile …showed first 75 words of 1120 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1120 total…eliminated have been found to transfer the West Nile virus to humans and birds, especially the American crow. Since the American crow is a migratory bird found in Georgia and North Carolina, where the virus has been detected, the West Nile virus cannot be prevented from migrating with the American crow to Georgia. Thus, the probability that mosquitoes in Georgia inevitably will transfer the West Nile virus to some humans living in Georgia is high.
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