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SUBMITTER: Verstrepen BE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3990483 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Verstrepen Babs E BE Fagrouch Zahra Z van Heteren Melanie M Buitendijk Hester H Haaksma Tom T Beenhakker Niels N Palù Giorgio G Richner Justin M JM Diamond Michael S MS Bogers Willy M WM Barzon Luisa L Chabierski Stefan S Ulbert Sebastian S Kondova Ivanela I Verschoor Ernst J EJ
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20140417 4
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that infects humans and other mammals. In some cases WNV causes severe neurological disease. During recent years, outbreaks of WNV are increasing in worldwide distribution and novel genetic variants of the virus have been detected. Although a substantial amount of data exists on WNV infections in rodent models, little is known about early events during WNV infection in primates, including humans. To gain a deeper understanding of this process, ...[more]