2005Canadian Medical Association JournalOpen access

West Nile virus

Sue Murray

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Background and epidemiology: West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family. It is maintained in nature by a cycle involving mosquitoes and birds that occasionally spills over to humans. Outbreaks in humans were first reported in 1937 in Uganda and subsequently

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Background and epidemiology: West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family. It is maintained in nature by a cycle involving mosquitoes and birds that occasionally spills over to humans. Outbreaks in humans were first reported in 1937 in Uganda and subsequently

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Background and epidemiology: West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family. It is maintained in nature by a cycle involving mosquitoes and birds that occasionally spills over to humans. Outbreaks in humans were first reported in 1937 in Uganda and subsequently

Key concepts: West Nile virus, Flaviviridae, Virology, Outbreak, Virus, Flavivirus, Arbovirus, Biology

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