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...Zinner:Again, we're going to have to wait and see what happens in these investigations before we take action. It's not clear at this point whether screenings would actually prove useful in preventing the virus...
...Zinner: At this point there is no specific anti-viral agent proven to be clinically effective against West Nile virus. There are a few candidates, and while they've only just begun clinical trials, the prospect for future vaccines or treatments is good...
...Zinner:Certainly a mosquito bite should not prompt a call to a physician. Most of these cases have come on fairly suddenly, with fever and nausea, usually. The only way to confirm the virus is with a blood test. If people are worried that their symptoms are West Nile-related, they can ask a doctor for a blood test. That said, there is no specific treatment; we can only treat the symptoms...
...Zinner:It's everything you've heard all year: Use DEET, wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants, clear standing water and avoid going outside at dusk. It's really important that people take mosquito protection seriously...
...Zinner:These cases are all under investigation, so we don't really know yet exactly what's happened. But with most self-limiting viruses, like this one, the virus clears itself out of the bloodstream when the patient recovers. So it's possible the donor was incubating the virus but wasn't manifesting symptoms, and the organ recipients ended up with symptoms because their immune systems were compromised. But I want to emphasize that we won't know anything for sure until we see more information...