West Nile encephalitis in Israel, 1999: the New York connection.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 7(4): 659-61, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
We describe two cases of West Nile (WN) encephalitis in a married couple in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1999. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction performed on a brain specimen from the husband detected a WN viral strain nearly identical to avian strains recovered in Israel in 1998 (99.9% genomic sequence homology) and in New York in 1999 (99.8%). This result supports the hypothesis that the 1999 WN virus epidemic in the United States originated from the introduction of a strain that had been circulating in Israel.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Febre do Nilo Ocidental
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Vírus do Nilo Ocidental
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Israel