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==Overview==
==Overview==
No vaccine against SLEV infection or specific antiviral treatment for clinical SLEV infections is available. Patients with suspected SLE should be evaluated by a healthcare provider, appropriate serologic and other diagnostic tests ordered, and supportive treatment provided.
There is no treatment for St. Louis encephalitis; the mainstay of therapy for St. Louis encephalitis is supportive care.<ref name=SLEV>Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). http://www.cdc.gov/sle/technical/symptoms.html Accessed on August 1, 2016.</ref><ref name=SLE> Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). https://www.cdc.gov/sle/general/qa.html#treatment Accessed on August 1, 2016.</ref>
 
There are no [[vaccines]] or any other treatments specifically for Saint Louis encephalitis virus, although one study showed that early use of interferon-alpha2b may decrease the severity of complications.<ref>Rahal JJ, Anderson J, Rosenberg C, Reagan T, Thompson LL. Effect of interferon-alpha2b therapy on St. Louis viral meningoencephalitis: clinical and laboratory results of a pilot study. J Infect Dis. 2004;15;190(6):1084-7.</ref>


==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
There is no treatment for St. Louis encephalitis; the mainstay of therapy for St. Louis encephalitis is supportive care. Supportive treatment for St. Louis encephalitis may include:<ref name=SLEV>Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). http://www.cdc.gov/sle/technical/symptoms.html Accessed on August 1, 2016.</ref><ref name=SLE> Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). https://www.cdc.gov/sle/general/qa.html#treatment Accessed on August 1, 2016.</ref>
*[[Hospitalization]]
*[[Respiratory]] [[support]]
*[[IV fluids]]
*[[Bed rest|Rest]]


==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anthony Gallo, B.S. [2]; Contributor(s): Vishnu Vardhan Serla M.B.B.S. [3], Irfan Dotani [4]

Overview

There is no treatment for St. Louis encephalitis; the mainstay of therapy for St. Louis encephalitis is supportive care.[1][2]

Medical Therapy

There is no treatment for St. Louis encephalitis; the mainstay of therapy for St. Louis encephalitis is supportive care. Supportive treatment for St. Louis encephalitis may include:[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). http://www.cdc.gov/sle/technical/symptoms.html Accessed on August 1, 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Saint Louis Encephalitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). https://www.cdc.gov/sle/general/qa.html#treatment Accessed on August 1, 2016.


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