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Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus Infection: a Balance between Virulence, Innate and Adaptive Immunity, and Viral Evasion

Year: 2006

Type: review

Abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic flavivirus that has emerged globally as a significant cause of viral encephalitis. WNV is maintained in an enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds (reviewed in reference [75][1]) but can also infect and cause disease in horses and other vertebrate animals.

Source: Journal of Virology

DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01122-06

Authors: Melanie A. Samuel, Michael S. Diamond

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases