Genetic Variability of West Nile Virus in U.S. Blood Donors from the 2012 Epidemic Season.

• Main Authors: Andriyan Grinev (Author), Caren Chancey (Author), Evgeniya Volkova (Author), Germán Añez (Author), Daniel A R Heisey (Author), Valerie Winkelman (Author), Gregory A Foster (Author), Phillip Williamson (Author), Susan L Stramer (Author), Maria Rios (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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. Ov...