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| {{West nile virus}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ==Taxonomy==
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| Viruses; ssRNA viruses; ssRNA positive-strand viruses, no DNA stage; Flaviviridae; Flavivirus; Japanese encephalitis virus group<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web | title = West Nile Virus | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=11082&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock }}</ref>
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| ==Biology==
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| | [[File:WNV.jpg|200px|thumb|none| Digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the West Nile virus (WNV).<SMALL> ''Image provided by the CDC [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] ''<ref>{{Cite web | title = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp}}</ref></SMALL>]]
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| | [[File:WNV2.jpg|200px|thumb|none| Presence of West Nile virus virions, in an isolate that was grown in a cell culture.<SMALL> ''Image provided by the CDC [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] ''<ref>{{Cite web | title = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp}}</ref></SMALL>]]
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| West Nile virus is a member of Japanese encephalitis serocomplex and belongs to the [[genus]] [[Flavivirus]], family [[Flaviviridae]]. The virus has an icosahedral symmetry, with a smooth surface.<ref name="Mukhopadhyay2003">{{cite journal|last1=Mukhopadhyay|first1=S.|title=Structure of West Nile Virus|journal=Science|volume=302|issue=5643|year=2003|pages=248–248|issn=0036-8075|doi=10.1126/science.1089316}}</ref> It is an enveloped virus with a nucleocapsid core built of [[RNA]] and [[capsid]] proteins. Its [[genome]] is contained in a single stranded [[mRNA]] virus of about 11000 bp.<ref name="CampbellMarfin2002">{{cite journal|last1=Campbell|first1=Grant L|last2=Marfin|first2=Anthony A|last3=Lanciotti|first3=Robert S|last4=Gubler|first4=Duane J|title=West Nile virus|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=2|issue=9|year=2002|pages=519–529|issn=14733099|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(02)00368-7}}</ref> It contains a single [[ORF]], a 5' [[UTR]], and a 3' region which is not translated. The ORF contains a single polyprotein, that after processed and translated produces 3 smaller types of structure proteins and 7 of non-strutural proteins.
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| * Structure proteins are responsible for the formation of the viral particle and include:
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| :* Envelope proteins
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| :* Membrane proteins
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| :* C proteins
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| * Non-structure proteins are responsible for viral replication, evasion of the immune system and assembly of virions, and include:
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| :*NS1
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| :*NS2A
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| :*NS2B
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| :*NS3
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| :*NS4A
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| :*NS4B
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| :*NS5
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| The West Nile Virus may be classified in 5 phylogenetic lineages. Of these, only 1 and 2 have been identified as causative agents of disease in humans.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = West Nile Virus | url = http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/1/pdfs/02-0616.pdf }}</ref> Lineage 1 may be subclassified into 3 other lineages, which predominate in certain parts of the world:<ref name="pmid12890319">{{cite journal| author=Miller DL, Mauel MJ, Baldwin C, Burtle G, Ingram D, Hines ME et al.| title=West Nile virus in farmed alligators. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | year= 2003 | volume= 9 | issue= 7 | pages= 794-9 | pmid=12890319 | doi=10.3201/eid0907.030085 | pmc=PMC3023431 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12890319 }} </ref>
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| * Lineage 1a - western hemisphere, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe
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| * Lineage 1b - Kunjin virus from Australasia
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| * Lineage 1c - virus in India
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| ==Tropism==
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| ==Natural Reservoir==
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| Natural reservoirs of the West Nile virus include:<ref name="pmid23860989">{{cite journal| author=Petersen LR, Brault AC, Nasci RS| title=West Nile virus: review of the literature. | journal=JAMA | year= 2013 | volume= 310 | issue= 3 | pages= 308-15 | pmid=23860989 | doi=10.1001/jama.2013.8042 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23860989 }} </ref>
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| * Humans
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| * 65 different species of mosquitos
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| * 326 [[species]] of birds
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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