West Nile virus in Mexico: evidence of widespread circulation since July 2002

West Nile virus (WNV) antibodies were detected in horses from five Mexican states, and WNV was isolated from a Common Raven in the state of Tabasco. Phylogenetic studies indicate that this isolate, the first from Mexico, is related to strains from the central United States but has a relatively high...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2003-12, Vol.9 (12), p.1604-1607
Main Authors: Estrada-Franco, José G, Navarro-Lopez, Roberto, Beasley, David W C, Coffey, Lark, Carrara, Anne-Sophie, Travassos da Rosa, Amelia, Clements, Tamara, Wang, Eryu, Ludwig, George V, Cortes, Arturo Campomanes, Ramírez, Pedro Paz, Tesh, Robert B, Barrett, Alan D T, Weaver, Scott C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - blood
arbovirus
Bird Diseases - epidemiology
Bird Diseases - virology
Birds
Dispatch
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary
equine
Female
flavivirus
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests - veterinary
Horse Diseases - epidemiology
Horse Diseases - virology
Horses
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Phylogeny
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary
RNA, Viral - chemistry
RNA, Viral - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Seroepidemiologic Studies
serology
West Nile Fever - epidemiology
West Nile Fever - veterinary
West Nile Fever - virology
West Nile virus
West Nile virus - isolation & purification
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Summary:West Nile virus (WNV) antibodies were detected in horses from five Mexican states, and WNV was isolated from a Common Raven in the state of Tabasco. Phylogenetic studies indicate that this isolate, the first from Mexico, is related to strains from the central United States but has a relatively high degree of sequence divergence.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0912.030564