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Molecular identification of Saint Louis encephalitis virus genotype IV in Colombia.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Sept 2015
Hoyos-López Richard, Soto Sandra Uribe, Rúa-Uribe Guillermo, Gallego-Gómez Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a member of the Japanese-encephalitis virus serocomplex of the genus Flavivirus. SLEV is broadly distributed in the Americas and the Caribbean Islands, where it is usually transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Culex and primarily to birds and mammalian-hosts. Humans are occasionally infected by the virus and are dead-end hosts. SLEV causes encephalitis in temperate...
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