West Nile virus from blood donors, vertebrates, and mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007.

ABSTRACT: West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from a human blood donor, a dead falcon, and mosquitoes in Puerto Rico in 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of the 4 isolates suggests a recent introduction of lineage I WNV that is closely related to WNV currently circulating in North America.

SUBMITTER: Hunsperger EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2815984 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature