Case Presentation: A 54-year-old woman with no significant PMH presented with a macular rash, truncal pain, and progressive bilateral lower extremity weakness. She denied recent illness or travel, but did report frequent mosquito bites, as well as multiple recent sexual partners. She had no outdoor exposure except regular strolls on the Beltline, a popular urban [...]

Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male from Brooklyn, NY with insulin-dependent diabetes and dental abscess (s/p I&D 9 days prior) presented to an outside hospital with 3 days of fevers, headaches, persistent mouth pain, and altered mental status. He was transferred to our hospital on day 3 for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) consultation. The patient’s [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man was presented to the emergency department with headache, confusion, sweats, body aches, and nonproductive cough. He had recently returned from a solo hiking trip in the woods where he not only swam in a lake but also was exposed to poisonous plants and bitten by mosquitoes and other insects. The [...]

Case Presentation: West Nile Virus (WNV) was first reported in the Western Hemisphere in New York City in 1999. Over the last two decades West Nile Virus has spread to an impressive distribution from central Canada to Southern Argentina. Transmission of the virus is maintained in a cycle between Culex species mosquitos and birds as [...]