The global ecology and epidemiology of West Nile virus

C Chancey, A Grinev, E Volkova… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Since its initial isolation in Uganda in 1937 through the present, West Nile virus (WNV) has
become an important cause of human and animal disease worldwide. WNV, an enveloped …

West Nile Virus: biology, transmission, and human infection

TM Colpitts, MJ Conway… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY West Nile Virus was introduced into the Western Hemisphere during the late
summer of 1999 and has been causing significant and sometimes severe human diseases …

West nile virus

GL Campbell, AA Marfin, RS Lanciotti… - The Lancet infectious …, 2002 - thelancet.com
West Nile (WN) virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and human, equine, and avian
neuropathogen. The virus is indigenous to Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia, and has …

Transmission of West Nile virus from an organ donor to four transplant recipients

M Iwamoto, DB Jernigan, A Guasch… - … England Journal of …, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In August 2002, fever and mental-status changes developed in recipients of
organs from a common donor. Transmission of West Nile virus through organ transplantation …

Neurologic manifestations and outcome of West Nile virus infection

JJ Sejvar, MB Haddad, BC Tierney, GL Campbell… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe neurologic manifestations, laboratory findings, and outcome of patients with
West Nile virus (WNV) infection have not been prospectively characterized. ObjectiveTo …

West Nile virus: a primer for the clinician

LR Petersen, AA Marfin - Annals of internal medicine, 2002 - acpjournals.org
This paper provides the clinician with an understanding of the epidemiologic and biological
characteristics of West Nile virus in North America, as well as useful information on the …

West nile virus

LD Kramer, J Li, PY Shi - The Lancet Neurology, 2007 - thelancet.com
West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus originally isolated in 1937 from the blood of a
febrile woman in the West Nile province of Uganda. The virus is widely distributed in Africa …

West Nile virus: epidemiology and ecology in North America

N Komar - Advances in virus research, 2003 - Elsevier
The emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in eastern North America in 1999 was a major
event in modern arbovirology, not because of its disease impact or the potential threat it …

West Nile virus: a reemerging global pathogen.

LR Petersen, JT Roehrig - Revista Biomédica, 2001 - medigraphic.com
ABSTRACT The recognition of West Nile (WN) virus in the Western Hemisphere in the
summer of 1999 marked the first introduction in recent history of an Old World flavivirus into …

Flavivirus encephalitis

T Solomon - New England Journal of Medicine, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
West Nile virus is one member of the genus flavivirus, which includes mosquito-borne
viruses that cause similar disease patterns in much of the world. The other members of this …