Comparison of argentinean saint louis encephalitis virus non-epidemic and epidemic strain infections in an avian model.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Luis Adrián Diaz, Nicole M Nemeth, Richard A Bowen, Walter R Almiron, Marta S Contigiani
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentina; St. Louis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001177; https://doaj.org/article/d2b30943cad94e809e3c28d15b8ab591

St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen in South America, with human SLEV encephalitis cases reported in Argentina and Brazil. Genotype III strains of SLEV were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Cordoba, Argentina in 2005,...