WNV Glossary
| Brudzinski's sign | An indication of meningitis; flexing the neck causes hips & knees to flex.
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| CDC | US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Corvid | a bird of the crow family; ravens, crows, jays |
| Flaviviridae | A family of spherical, lipid enveloped, protein encapsulated, single stranded RNA viruses that include: HCV, WNV, Dengue and Yellow fever, etc. |
| Kernig's sign | An indication of meningitis. While supine, with hip flexed at 90 degrees, lower leg cannot be fully extended without pain or resistance.  |
| Meningoencephalitis | Inflammation/infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and the brain tissue. |
| Pleocytosis | The presence of more cells than normal. |
| Vector | An organism that transmits an infectious agent from one organism to another. |
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