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Characterization of West Nile virus (WNV) isolates from Assam, India: insights into the circulating WNV in northeastern India.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Chowdhury Pritom, Khan Siraj Ahmed, Dutta Prafulla, Topno Rashmee, Mahanta Jagadish
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes subclinical symptoms, febrile illness with possible kidney infarction and encephalitis. Since WNV was first serologically detected in Assam during 2006, it has become recognized as an important etiological agent that causes acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in addition to endemic Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Therefore, isolating and...
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