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15336221

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Since the publication of a comprehensive review on West Nile virus (WNV) in 2002, there has been substantial progress in understanding of transmission, epidemiology, and geographic distribution of the virus and manifestations of disease produced by the infection. There have also been advances in development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents and vaccines. Nevertheless, many questions about the epidemic remain unanswered, and several new issues have arisen--for example: whether the epidemic will increase as the virus spreads to the Pacific coast of North America; whether arthropods other than mosquitoes will act as vectors for the infection; whether WNV will spread to South America and cause an epidemic there; whether the distribution of WNV in Asia and Europe will increase; and whether adaptation of WNV to new ecosystems will produce viruses with altered genetic and phenotypic properties. This review aims to provide an update on knowledge of WNV biology that can be used to highlight the advances in the field during the past 2 years and help to define the questions that academic, industrial, and public-health communities must address in development of measures to control WNV disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1473-3099
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
547-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
West Nile virus: where are we now?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0435, USA. bpgranwe@utmb.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review