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SUBMITTER: Murata R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3042825 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20110301 3
West Nile (WN) virus has been spreading geographically to non-endemic areas in various parts of the world. However, little is known about the extent of WN virus infection in Russia. Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, which is closely related to WN virus, is prevalent throughout East Asia. We evaluated the effectiveness of a focus reduction neutralization test in young chicks inoculated with JE and WN viruses, and conducted a survey of WN infection among wild birds in Far Eastern Russia. Following ...[more]