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West Nile virus in the Iberian Peninsula: using equine cases to identify high-risk areas for humans

BACKGROUND: West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus with an enzootic cycle between birds and mosquitoes; humans and horses are incidental dead-end hosts. In 2020, the largest outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the Iberian Peninsula occurred, with 141 clusters in horses and 77 human cases. AIM: W...

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Autores principales: García-Carrasco, José-María, Muñoz, Antonio-Román, Olivero, Jesús, Segura, Marina, García-Bocanegra, Ignacio, Real, Raimundo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10557382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37796440
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.40.2200844