Isolation of two strains of West Nile virus during an outbreak in southern Russia, 1999.

From July to September 1999, a widespread outbreak of meningoencephalitis associated with West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) occurred in southern Russia, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths. Two strains of West Nile virus isolated from patient serum and brain-tissue samples reacted i...

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Autores principales: Lvov, D K, Butenko, A M, Gromashevsky, V L, Larichev, V P, Gaidamovich, S Y, Vyshemirsky, O I, Zhukov, A N, Lazorenko, V V, Salko, V N, Kovtunov, A I, Galimzyanov, K M, Platonov, A E, Morozova, T N, Khutoretskaya, N V, Shishkina, E O, Skvortsova, T M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10905970
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Sumario:From July to September 1999, a widespread outbreak of meningoencephalitis associated with West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) occurred in southern Russia, with hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths. Two strains of West Nile virus isolated from patient serum and brain-tissue samples reacted in hemagglutination-inhibition and neutralization tests with patients' convalescent-phase sera and immune ascites fluid from other strains of West Nile virus.

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