Isolation of saint louis encephalitis virus from a horse with neurological disease in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Roberta Rosa (Author), Erica Azevedo Costa (Author), Rafael Elias Marques (Author), Taismara Simas Oliveira (Author), Ronaldo Furtini (Author), Maria Rosa Quaresma Bomfim (Author), Mauro Martins Teixeira (Author), Tatiane Alves Paixão (Author), Renato Lima Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a causative agent of encephalitis in humans in the Western hemisphere. SLEV is a positive-sense RNA virus that belongs to the Flavivirus genus, which includes West Nile encephalitis virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, Dengue virus and other medically important...