West Nile Virus Isolation from Equines in Argentina, 2006
- 1 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (10), 1559-1561
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060852
Abstract
West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from the brains of 3 horses that died from encephalitis in February 2006. The horses were from different farms in central Argentina and had not traveled outside the country. This is the first isolation of WNV in South America.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- West Nile virus activity in Latin America and the CaribbeanRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2006
- West Nile Virus Antibodies in Colombian HorsesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
- West Nile virus in the vertebrate worldArchiv für die gesamte Virusforschung, 2005
- Detection of North American West Nile Virus in Animal Tissue by a Reverse Transcription-Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction AssayEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
- West Nile Virus: A Reemerging Global PathogenEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
- High-Throughput Detection of West Nile Virus RNAJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001