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Genetic Variability of West Nile Virus in U.S. Blood Donors from the 2012 Epidemic Season.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 May 2016
Grinev Andriyan, Chancey Caren, Volkova Evgeniya, Añez Germán, Heisey Daniel A R, Winkelman Valerie, Foster Gregory A, Williamson Phillip, Stramer Susan L, Rios Maria
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West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus maintained in nature in a bird-mosquito enzootic cycle which can also infect other vertebrates including humans. WNV is now endemic in the United States (U.S.), causing yearly outbreaks that have resulted in an estimated total of 4-5 million human infections. Over 41,700 cases of West Nile disease, including 18,810 neuroinvasive cases and 1,765 deaths, were reported to the...
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