 West Nile virus
"West Nile virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of FLAVIVIRUS, one of the Japanese encephalitis virus group (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE). It can infect birds and mammals. In humans, it is seen most frequently in Africa, Asia, and Europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (WEST NILE FEVER). The virus appeared in North America for the first time in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by CULEX spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on birds, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito, AEDES albopictus, which feeds mainly on mammals.
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D014902
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B04.820.230.475.950 B04.820.250.350.300.950
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Nile virus" by people in Profiles.
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Hasbun R, Garcia MN, Kellaway J, Baker L, Salazar L, Woods SP, Murray KO. West Nile Virus Retinopathy and Associations with Long Term Neurological and Neurocognitive Sequelae. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0148898.
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Ezgimen M, Lai H, Mueller NH, Lee K, Cuny G, Ostrov DA, Padmanabhan R. Characterization of the 8-hydroxyquinoline scaffold for inhibitors of West Nile virus serine protease. Antiviral Res. 2012 Apr; 94(1):18-24.
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Siger L, Bowen R, Karaca K, Murray M, Jagannatha S, Echols B, Nordgren R, Minke JM. Evaluation of the efficacy provided by a Recombinant Canarypox-Vectored Equine West Nile Virus vaccine against an experimental West Nile Virus intrathecal challenge in horses. Vet Ther. 2006; 7(3):249-56.
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Siger L, Bowen RA, Karaca K, Murray MJ, Gordy PW, Loosmore SM, Audonnet JC, Nordgren RM, Minke JM. Assessment of the efficacy of a single dose of a recombinant vaccine against West Nile virus in response to natural challenge with West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in horses. Am J Vet Res. 2004 Nov; 65(11):1459-62.
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