Movement of St. Louis encephalitis virus in the Western United States, 2014- 2018.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Daniele M Swetnam, Jackson B Stuart, Katherine Young, Payal D Maharaj, Ying Fang, Sandra Garcia, Christopher M Barker, Kirk Smith, Marvin S Godsey, Harry M Savage, Vonnita Barton, Bethany G Bolling, Nisha Duggal, Aaron C Brault, Lark L Coffey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; St. Louis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008343; https://doaj.org/article/57901b4868284312ba89ecc5abb789f3

St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a flavivirus that circulates in an enzootic cycle between birds and mosquitoes and can also infect humans to cause febrile disease and sometimes encephalitis. Although SLEV is endemic to the United States, no activity was detected in California during the years...