West Nile Virus Isolation in Human and Mosquitoes, Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Culex Female Humans Middle Aged Phylogeny Rna, Viral
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1449-1452.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico ; Texas
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf08047a4c1de374b0647d08f5bedb8c270d7a652922c58318f2d59af8a160b9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15835/cdc_15835_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 140.57 KB ]