West Nile virus infection in humans and other vertebrates
The West Nile virus is an arthropod borne or ARBO virus from the Flaviviridae family, which is maintained in nature in the transmission cycle between hosting birds and ornithophilic mosquito vectors. The virus is capable of infecting different vertebrate species and 60 mosquito species. The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Archives of Biological Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2014/0354-46641401037H.pdf |
| Summary: | The West Nile virus is an arthropod borne or ARBO virus from the Flaviviridae
family, which is maintained in nature in the transmission cycle between
hosting birds and ornithophilic mosquito vectors. The virus is capable of
infecting different vertebrate species and 60 mosquito species. The infection
in humans can be asymptomatic or it can have different clinical
manifestations ranging from light febrile diseases to fatal
meningoencephalitis. This paper presents recent findings on the activity of
the West Nile virus in Europe, the USA and Serbia. Presented are the results
of serological testing of human populations and animals in Serbia, and the
methods of molecular diagnostics to prove the existence of the virus.
[Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR31084 i br. TR43007] |
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| ISSN: | 0354-4664 1821-4339 |