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Memory Loss From West Nile Virus May Be Preventable
January 11, 2018
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 11 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:

More than 10,000 people in the United States are living with memory loss and other persistent neurological problems that occur after West Nile virus infects the brain.

Now, a new study in mice suggests that such ongoing neurological deficits may be due to unresolved inflammation that hinders the brain's ability to repair damaged neurons and grow . . .

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