West Nile Virus: Genomics and Public Health - March 5, 2015
CDC information: West Nile virus is most commonly transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever. Less than 1% of infected people develop a serious illness
About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever. Less than 1% of infected people develop a serious illness
Find out which human genes have been reported in relation to West Nile Virus transmission or severity,
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from the HuGE NavigatorGenetic variants associated with susceptibility of Ashkenazi Jews to West Nile virus infection.
Danial-Farran N et al. Epidemiol. Infect. 2015 Mar (4) 857-63
Danial-Farran N et al. Epidemiol. Infect. 2015 Mar (4) 857-63
Whole genome phylogenetic investigation of a West Nile virus strain isolated from a tick sampled from livestock in north eastern Kenya.
Lwande Olivia et al. Parasit Vectors 2014 Nov 28. (1) 542
Lwande Olivia et al. Parasit Vectors 2014 Nov 28. (1) 542
The complete sequence of a West Nile virus lineage 2 strain detected in a Hyalomma marginatum marginatum tick collected from a song thrush (Turdus philomelos) in eastern Romania in 2013 revealed closest genetic relationship to strain Volgograd 2007.
Kolodziejek Jolanta et al. PLoS ONE 2014 (10) e109905
Kolodziejek Jolanta et al. PLoS ONE 2014 (10) e109905
Genetic determinants of differential oral infection phenotypes of West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses in Culex spp. mosquitoes.
Maharaj Payal D et al. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2014 Nov (5) 1066-72
Maharaj Payal D et al. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2014 Nov (5) 1066-72
Current developments in understanding of West Nile virus central nervous system disease.
Tyler Kenneth L et al. Curr. Opin. Neurol. 2014 Jun (3) 342-8
Tyler Kenneth L et al. Curr. Opin. Neurol. 2014 Jun (3) 342-8
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