West Nile Virus Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What West Nile Virus treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat West Nile Virus
No definitive treatment exists for West Nile infection. The treatment given is supportive. Severe cases it may need a machine to help with breathing. Care includes IV fluids and preventing other infections. Two drugs are being studied to see if they can shorten the length of symptoms or decrease the disease's severity. These drugs are:
- alpha-interferon
- Ribavirin
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