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Comparison of argentinean saint louis encephalitis virus non-epidemic and epidemic strain infections in an avian model.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 May 2011
Diaz Luis Adrián, Nemeth Nicole M, Bowen Richard A, Almiron Walter R, Contigiani Marta S
Abstract excerpt
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen in South America, with human SLEV encephalitis cases reported in Argentina and Brazil. Genotype III strains of SLEV were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Cordoba, Argentina in 2005, during the largest SLEV outbreak ever reported in South America. The present study tested the hypothesis that the...
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