Article
Molecular determinants of virulence of West Nile virus in North America.
Archives of virology. Supplementum - 1 Jan 2004
Beasley D W C, Davis C T, Whiteman M, Granwehr B, Kinney R M, Barrett A D T
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that until very recently had not been found in the Americas. In 1999, there was an outbreak of West Nile encephalitis in New York and surrounding areas, involving 62 human cases, including 7 fatalities. The virus has subsequently become established in the United States of America (U.S.) with 4156 human cases, including 284 deaths, in 2002. The WNV strains found...
Topics
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- New York
- North America
- Virulence
- West Nile Fever
- West Nile virus