Latest Discoveries in Health Science West Nile Fever ▪ West Nile Fever had been recently identified in Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Thrissur districts of Kerala. About West Nile Fever ▪ It is caused by the West Nile Virus which belongs to Flaviviridae family. ▪ The disease was first discovered in Uganda in 1937 ▪ In India, the first case of WNV infection was reported in Mumbai in 1952 ▪ The disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito
