West Nile

The West Nile Virus is an illness that could become very serious if not treated correctly. Scientists think that the West Nile Virus is a "seasonal epidemic", that begins in the middle of the summer and goes into the fall, or until it gets too cold for the mosquitoes to live. This year the season started about a month and a half early. West Nile Virus affects the central nervous system. There are many different …

…have any holes. Scientists expect that the virus will calm down in a few years and we will have a median number of cases a year, with occasional outbreaks. The Food and Drug Administration is now allowing patients that have West Nile to test alpha interferon, a vaccine that is used for hepatitis C. The NIH is funding for research on vaccines for the virus but they say it will not be ready for years.