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==Overview==
==Overview==

Revision as of 02:18, 11 September 2014

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Taxonomy

Viruses; ssRNA viruses; ssRNA positive-strand viruses, no DNA stage; Flaviviridae; Flavivirus; Japanese encephalitis virus group[1]

Biology

Structure

Tropism

Natural Reservoir

The West nile Virus has been identified in:[2]

  • Humans
  • 65 different species of mosquitos
  • 326 species of birds




References

  1. "West Nile Virus".
  2. Petersen LR, Brault AC, Nasci RS (2013). "West Nile virus: review of the literature". JAMA. 310 (3): 308–15. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.8042. PMID 23860989.