West Nile Virus from Blood Donors, Vertebrates, and Mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007

Hunsperger, Elizabeth A.; McElroy, Kate L.; Bessoff, Kovi; Colón, Candimar; Barrera, Roberto; Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L.

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West Nile Virus from Blood Donors, Vertebrates, and Mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007

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Aug 2009
By Hunsperger, Elizabeth A. ; McElroy, Kate L. ; Bessoff, Kovi ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Hunsperger, Elizabeth A. ; McElroy, Kate L. ; Bessoff, Kovi ; Colón, Candimar ; Barrera, Roberto ; Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L.
Description:

West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from a human blood donor, a dead falcon, and mosquitoes in Puerto Rico in 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of the 4 isolates suggests a recent introduction of lineage I WNV that is closely related to WNV currently circulating in North America.
Subjects:

Animals Blood Donors Chickens Communicable Diseases, Emerging Culex Culicidae Dispatch Falconiformes Humans Phylogeny Sentinel Surveillance Time Factors Vertebrates West Nile Fever
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1298-1300.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Caribbean ; Puerto Rico
Location:

Caribbean
Volume:

15
Issue:

8
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:05dc8d0bfa99b3b80429624797998181bc9e7f99a5742bba38352678632865c1
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3227/cdc_3227_DS1.pdf
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