Resurgence of west nile neurologic disease in the United States in 2012: What happened? What needs to be done?

Antiviral Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Beasley, David W C ^a   Barrett, Alan D T ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Neuroinvasive disease; Viral encephalitis; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEROLOGY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84877864025     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.04.015     Document Type: Note

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