Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus Infection: a Balance between Virulence, Innate and Adaptive Immunity, and Viral Evasion

doi:10.1128/jvi.01122-06

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Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus Infection: a Balance between Virulence, Innate and Adaptive Immunity, and Viral Evasion

14 Sept 2006

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West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic flavivirus that has emerged globally as a significant cause of viral encephalitis. WNV is maintained in an enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds (reviewed in reference [75][1]) but can also infect and cause disease in horses and other vertebrate animals.

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