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Human brain section from fatal case of West Nile virus

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Hematoxylin and eosin-stained section of human brain from a fatal case of West Nile virus infection demonstrating severe neuronal necrosis and dead neurons, with infiltrating glial cells and leukocytes. (Source: Schwarz ER, Long MT. Comparison of West Nile virus disease in humans and horses: exploiting similarities for enhancing syndromic surveillance. Viruses 2023;15[6]:1230. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)