Epidemiologic and environmental characterization of the Re-emergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in California, 2015-2020.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Mary E Danforth, Robert E Snyder, Tina Feiszli, Teal Bullick, Sharon Messenger, Carl Hanson, Kerry Padgett, Lark L Coffey, Christopher M Barker, William K Reisen, Vicki L Kramer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• 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.0010664; https://doaj.org/article/f903d7eba13d469a8833a5f4fcb127a5

St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is an endemic flavivirus in the western and southeastern United States, including California. From 1938 to 2003, the virus was detected annually in California, but after West Nile virus (WNV) arrived in 2003, SLEV was not detected again until it re-emerged in Rive...