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West Nile Virus Infection
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ISBN: 3036572414 3036572406 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,

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This reprint covers different aspects of the West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne pathogen that belongs to the Flavivirus genus (family Flaviviridae). The virus is maintained in nature in a rural cycle between mosquito vectors, mainly Culex species, and avian hosts. Spillover from this cycle occasionally results in outbreaks in horses and humans. In severe cases, the infection can induce neurological signs, such as meningitis and encephalitis, and in some cases, it can lead to death. The virus has spread across the world in this century, including its expansion in the Americas since 1999, and an increase in the number of outbreaks and its severity has been observed in Europe in recent years. Considering all these aspects, an approach including public, animal and environmental health is the best option to increase the knowledge of this problem, making this disease an excellent example of a "One Health" issue. Bearing in mind this multidisciplinary aspect, the volume includes contributions related to the pathogenesis, vaccines, diagnosis and epidemiology of the virus both in humans and animals.


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West Nile encephalitis virus infection : viral pathogenesis and the host immune response
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ISBN: 1461497884 0387798390 9786612006166 1282006169 0387798404 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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In West Nile Encephalitis Virus Infection, leading scientists and researchers discuss the West Nile virus, a neurotropic flavivirus that has emerged globally as a primary cause of viral encephalitis. Its appearance in the Western Hemisphere in 1999, and the corresponding increase in global disease burden over the last decade has been accompanied by intensive study, including the entry of many scientists into the field. Breakthroughs have been made in understanding the unique transmission pattern between the vector and the multiple avian and mammalian hosts and targets. While the topics in this book are focused on the West Nile virus, they are broad in scope ranging from understanding vector transmission patterns to the dynamics of structural transitions of proteins on the surface of the virion. The editor and contributors of West Nile Encephalitis Virus Infection offer their expertise in this up-to-date and cutting-edge anthology, which will be of broad use to readers from a variety of backgrounds including clinical infectious disease, epidemiology, virology, immunology, and vector biology.

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Emerging infectious diseases. --- Immune response. --- Medicine. --- Microbiology. --- West Nile fever -- Pathogenesis. --- West Nile virus. --- West Nile virus --- West Nile fever --- Immune response --- West Nile Fever --- Encephalitis, Arbovirus --- Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese --- Flavivirus Infections --- Flavivirus --- Encephalitis, Viral --- Arbovirus Infections --- RNA Virus Infections --- Encephalitis Viruses --- Flaviviridae Infections --- Encephalitis --- Virus Diseases --- RNA Viruses --- Flaviviridae --- Central Nervous System Infections --- Central Nervous System Viral Diseases --- Diseases --- Vertebrate Viruses --- Viruses --- Central Nervous System Diseases --- Organisms --- Nervous System Diseases --- Communicable Diseases --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Public Health --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pathogenesis --- Pathogenesis. --- West Nile encephalitis --- West Nile virus disease --- West Nile virus infection --- Egypt 101 virus --- Kunjin virus --- Immunology. --- Virology. --- Infectious diseases. --- Epidemiology. --- Biomedicine. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Biomedicine general. --- Flaviviruses --- Epidemic encephalitis --- Flaviviral diseases --- Immunology --- Medical virology. --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Medical microbiology --- Virology --- Virus diseases --- Public health --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Microbiology

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