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West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba

A surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002. WNV infection was confirmed by serologic assays in 4 asymptomatic horses and 3 humans with encephalitis in 2003 and 2004. These results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba.

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Autores principales: Pupo, Maritza, Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe, Fernández, Roberto, Llop, Alina, Dickinson, Félix Orlando, Pérez, Daniel, Cruz, Raúl, González, Tayri, Estévez, Gonzalo, González, Hiram, Santos, Paulino, Kourí, Gustavo, Andonova, Maya, Lindsay, Robbin, Artsob, Harvey, Drebot, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051235
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author Pupo, Maritza
Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe
Fernández, Roberto
Llop, Alina
Dickinson, Félix Orlando
Pérez, Daniel
Cruz, Raúl
González, Tayri
Estévez, Gonzalo
González, Hiram
Santos, Paulino
Kourí, Gustavo
Andonova, Maya
Lindsay, Robbin
Artsob, Harvey
Drebot, Michael
author_facet Pupo, Maritza
Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe
Fernández, Roberto
Llop, Alina
Dickinson, Félix Orlando
Pérez, Daniel
Cruz, Raúl
González, Tayri
Estévez, Gonzalo
González, Hiram
Santos, Paulino
Kourí, Gustavo
Andonova, Maya
Lindsay, Robbin
Artsob, Harvey
Drebot, Michael
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description A surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002. WNV infection was confirmed by serologic assays in 4 asymptomatic horses and 3 humans with encephalitis in 2003 and 2004. These results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba.
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spelling pubmed-33730502012-06-13 West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba Pupo, Maritza Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe Fernández, Roberto Llop, Alina Dickinson, Félix Orlando Pérez, Daniel Cruz, Raúl González, Tayri Estévez, Gonzalo González, Hiram Santos, Paulino Kourí, Gustavo Andonova, Maya Lindsay, Robbin Artsob, Harvey Drebot, Michael Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch A surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002. WNV infection was confirmed by serologic assays in 4 asymptomatic horses and 3 humans with encephalitis in 2003 and 2004. These results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3373050/ /pubmed/16707068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051235 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Pupo, Maritza
Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe
Fernández, Roberto
Llop, Alina
Dickinson, Félix Orlando
Pérez, Daniel
Cruz, Raúl
González, Tayri
Estévez, Gonzalo
González, Hiram
Santos, Paulino
Kourí, Gustavo
Andonova, Maya
Lindsay, Robbin
Artsob, Harvey
Drebot, Michael
West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title_full West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title_fullStr West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title_full_unstemmed West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title_short West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
title_sort west nile virus infection in humans and horses, cuba
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051235
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