Experimental infection of rhesus macaques and common marmosets with a European strain of West Nile virus.

• Main Authors: Babs E Verstrepen (Author), Zahra Fagrouch (Author), Melanie van Heteren (Author), Hester Buitendijk (Author), Tom Haaksma (Author), Niels Beenhakker (Author), Giorgio Palù (Author), Justin M Richner (Author), Michael S Diamond (Author), Willy M Bogers (Author), Luisa Barzon (Author), Stefan Chabierski (Author), Sebastian Ulbert (Author), Ivanela Kondova (Author), Ernst J Verschoor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that infects humans and other mammals. In some cases WNV causes severe neurological disease. During recent years, outbreaks of WNV are increasing in worldwide distribution and novel genetic variants of the virus have been detected. Although a subs...