Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

zen
West Nile Virus or West Nile virus? (nm)
Sun Aug 15, 2004 16:56

boobie doo
West Nile virus (nm)
Sun Aug 15, 2004 16:58

zen
Do you know why that is? Isn't virus part of the name? (nm)
Sun Aug 15, 2004 17:12

boobie doo ;)
would you capitalize "pneumonia" in - sm
Sun Aug 15, 2004 17:22

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia?

It is just the name of the virus, so cap the (proper) name, not the virus part.

zen
That was my gut feeling... thanks for explaining! (nm)
Sun Aug 15, 2004 17:29