West Nile Virus: Biology, Transmission, and Human Infection

Author:

Colpitts Tonya M.1,Conway Michael J.1,Montgomery Ruth R.2,Fikrig Erol13

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

2. Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA

Abstract

SUMMARY West Nile Virus was introduced into the Western Hemisphere during the late summer of 1999 and has been causing significant and sometimes severe human diseases since that time. This article briefly touches upon the biology of the virus and provides a comprehensive review regarding recent discoveries about virus transmission, virus acquisition, and human infection and disease.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Immunology and Microbiology,Epidemiology

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