West Nile Virus Infection

• Daljnji autori: Llorente, Francisco (Urednik)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Teme: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Microbiology (non-medical); arbovirus; emerging infectious diseases; zoonotic; West Nile; lineages 1 and 2; France; West Nile virus (WNV); Usutu virus (USUV); flavivirus; external quality assessment (EQA); MediLabSecure; diagnostics; PCR; ELISA; West Nile virus; human vaccines; animal vaccines; horses; South Africa; epidemiology; emerging disease; encephalitis; neurotropic virus; zoonosis; Koutango lineage; high virulence; sandflies; Niger; Usutu virus; mosquito-borne infections; human; West Nile virus lineage 1; pathogenesis; neurovirulence; red-legged partridge; antigen distribution; inflammatory reaction; antibody; seroprevalence; Italy; genomic monitoring; molecular detection; Brazil; n/a
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This reprint covers different aspects of the West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne pathogen that belongs to the Flavivirus genus (family Flaviviridae). The virus is maintained in nature in a rural cycle between mosquito vectors, mainly Culex species, and avian hosts. Spillover from this cycle occa...