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First isolation of West Nile virus in Brazil
1 Jan 2019
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Serological evidence of West Nile virus (WNV) infection has been reported in different regions of Brazil from equine and human hosts but the virus had never been isolated in the country. OBJECTIVES: We sought to identify the viral etiology of equine encephalitis in Espírito Santo state. METHODS: We performed viral culture in C6/36 cells, molecular detection of WNV genome, histopathology and...
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