West Nile Virus Isolated from a Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Northwestern Missouri, USA, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  J Wildl Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bosco-Lauth, Angela ; Harmon, Jessica R. ; Lash, R. Ryan ; Weiss, Sonja ; Langevin, Stanley ; Savage, Harry M. ; Godsey, Marvin S. ; Burkhalter, Kristen ; Root, J. Jeffrey ; Gidlewski, Thomas ; Nicholson, William L. ; Brault, Aaron C. ; Komar, Nicholas
• Description:
  We describe the isolation of West Nile virus (WNV; Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) from blood of a Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) collected in northwestern Missouri, USA in August 2012. Sequencing determined that the virus was related to lineage 1a WNV02 strains. We discuss the role of wildlife in WNV disease epidemiology.
• Subjects:
  Animals Article Didelphis Missouri West Nile Fever West Nile Virus
• Source:
  J Wildl Dis. 50(4):976-978
• Pubmed ID:
  25098303
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4786187
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6ba819fd927dd0dc00d3e0dc64529f8ba620b78116bf9d958ac51b9a18a4f747
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38418/cdc_38418_DS1.pdf
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