West Nile Virus Isolation in Human and Mosquitoes, Mexico

West Nile virus has been isolated for the first time in Mexico, from a sick person and from mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus). Partial sequencing and analysis of the 2 isolates indicate that they are genetically similar to other recent isolates from northern Mexico and the western United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Elizondo-Quiroga, Darwin, Davis, C. Todd, Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso, Escobar-Lopez, Roman, Olmos, Dolores Velasco, Gastalum, Lourdes Cecilia Soto, Acosta, Magaly Aviles, Elizondo-Quiroga, Armando, Gonzalez-Rojas, Jose I., Cordero, Juan F. Contreras, Guzman, Hilda, Travassos da Rosa, Amelia, Blitvich, Bradley J., Barrett, Alan D.T., Beaty, Barry J., Tesh, Robert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16229779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.050121
Descripción
Sumario:West Nile virus has been isolated for the first time in Mexico, from a sick person and from mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus). Partial sequencing and analysis of the 2 isolates indicate that they are genetically similar to other recent isolates from northern Mexico and the western United States.

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