West Nile virus from blood donors, vertebrates, and mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-08, Vol.15 (8), p.1298-1300
Hauptverfasser:	Hunsperger, Elizabeth A, McElroy, Kate L, Bessoff, Kovi, Colón, Candimar, Barrera, Roberto, Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Blood Donors Caribbean Causes of Chickens - virology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology Culex - virology Culicidae Culicidae - virology Diagnosis Dispatch Distribution falcon Falconiformes - virology Health aspects Humans Identification and classification Marine Phylogeny Puerto Rico Sentinel Surveillance surveillance Time Factors Vertebrates - virology West Nile fever West Nile Fever - transmission West Nile Fever - virology West Nile virus West Nile virus - classification West Nile virus - genetics West Nile virus - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1508.090333