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Evolutionary relationships of West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes from a migratory bird zone of Colombian Caribbean.
Virology journal - 20 May 2015
López Richard Hoyos, Soto Sandra Uribe, Gallego-Gómez Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) is a member of the genus Flavivirus, and it is transmitted between Culex sp. mosquitoes and avian hosts. Equids and humans are commonly infected with WNV as dead-end hosts, and the signs and symptoms of infection range from mild illness to neurologic symptoms as encephalitis, meningitis and sometimes death. Previous phylogenetic studies have classified WNV into six genetically...
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