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West Nile virus and other zoonotic viruses in Russia: examples of emerging-reemerging situations.
Archives of virology. Supplementum - 1 Jan 2004
Lvov D K, Butenko A M, Gromashevsky V L, Kovtunov A I, Prilipov A G, Kinney R, Aristova V A, Dzharkenov A F, Samokhvalov E I, Savage H M, Shchelkanov M Y, Galkina I V, Deryabin P G, Gubler D J, Kulikova L N, Alkhovsky S K, Moskvina T M, Zlobina L V, Sadykova G K, Shatalov A G, Lvov D N, Usachev V E, Voronina A G
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Studies of the interactions of vertebrates, viruses and arthropod vectors of these viruses were monitored in terms of different ecological groups of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks in Northern Eurasia in an area encompassing more than 15 million km2. About 90 viruses were isolated, including 24 new to science. Newly recognized infections of vertebrates, including humans, were described. Many unusual...
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