West Nile Virus Isolation in Human and Mosquitoes, Mexico

Elizondo-Quiroga, Darwin; Davis, C. Todd; Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso; Escobar-Lopez, Roman; Olmos, Dolores Velasco; Gastalum, Lourdes Cecilia Soto; Acosta, Magaly Aviles; Elizondo-Quiroga, Armando; Gonzalez-Rojas, Jose I.; Cordero, Juan F. Contreras; Guzman, Hilda; Travassos da Rosa, Amelia; Blitvich, Bradley J.; Barrett, Alan D.T.; Beaty, Barry J.; Tesh, Robert B.

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West Nile Virus Isolation in Human and Mosquitoes, Mexico

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Sep 2005

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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1449-1452.

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Elizondo-Quiroga, Darwin ; Davis, C. Todd ; Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso ; Escobar-Lopez, Roman ; Olmos, Dolores Velasco ; ... More ▼

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West Nile virus has been isolated for the first time in Mexico, from a sick person and from mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus). Partial sequencing and analysis of the 2 isolates indicate that they are genetically similar to other recent isolates from northern Mexico and the western United States.

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