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Role of enhanced vector transmission of a new West Nile virus strain in an outbreak of equine disease in Australia in 2011
BACKGROUND: In 2011, a variant of West Nile virus Kunjin strain (WNV(KUN)) caused an unprecedented epidemic of neurological disease in horses in southeast Australia, resulting in almost 1,000 cases and a 9% fatality rate. We investigated whether increased fitness of the virus in the primary vector,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25499981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0586-3 |