West Nile virus activity in Latin America and the Caribbean La actividad del virus del Nilo occidental en América Latina y el Caribe

• Main Authors: Nicholas Komar, Gary G. Clark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006
• Subjects: Virus del Nilo occidental; América Latina; región del Caribe; arbovirus; vigilancia de la población; flavivirus; West Nile virus; Latin America; Caribbean region; arboviruses; population surveillance; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Trinidad
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/1d21431aca8e4d1f9eaeaae02947f279

OBJECTIVES: West Nile virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae; WNV) has spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean Basin since its initial detection there in 2001. This report summarizes our current knowledge of WNV transmission in tropical America. METHODS: We reviewed the published literature and consulted w...