Surveillance and Diagnosis of West Nile Virus in the Face of Flavivirus Cross-Reactivity

West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus whose zoonotic cycle includes both mosquitoes and birds as amplifiers and humans and horses as dead-end hosts. In recent years WNV has been spreading globally and is currently endemic in Africa, The Middle East, India, Australia, central and sou...

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Main Authors: Yaniv Lustig, Danit Sofer, Efrat Dahan Bucris, Ella Mendelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
WNV
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02421/full