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==Incidence and Prevalence== | ==Incidence and Prevalence== | ||
West Nile virus is widely distributed across Australia, Middle East, Western Russia, Southwestern Asia, Africa and Southern Europe. Since 1999, a series of outbreaks, with virus likely of African origin, have increased the incidence of the disease across the previous countries. | |||
[[Image:WNV cumulative human disease cases.png|thumb|center|500 px|USA cumulative human disease cases of WNV in 2014. ''Data as of September 2014''<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://www.cdc.gov - Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)]''<ref name="CDC">{{Cite web | title = Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | url = http://www.cdc.gov}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>]] | [[Image:WNV cumulative human disease cases.png|thumb|center|500 px|USA cumulative human disease cases of WNV in 2014. ''Data as of September 2014''<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://www.cdc.gov - Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)]''<ref name="CDC">{{Cite web | title = Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | url = http://www.cdc.gov}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>]] | ||
Revision as of 00:52, 12 September 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
Overview
Incidence and Prevalence
West Nile virus is widely distributed across Australia, Middle East, Western Russia, Southwestern Asia, Africa and Southern Europe. Since 1999, a series of outbreaks, with virus likely of African origin, have increased the incidence of the disease across the previous countries.