West Nile Virus Isolation from Equines in Argentina, 2006

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María Alejandra Morales · Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud

M. Barrandeguy · Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud

Cintia Fabbri · Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud

Jorge García · Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud

M.A. Vissani · Instituto de Botanica Darwinion

Karina Trono · Instituto de Botanica Darwinion

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from the brains of 3 horses that died from encephalitis in February 2006. The horses were from different farms in central Argentina and had not traveled outside the country. This is the first isolation of WNV in South America.

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Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors Malaria Research and Control

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Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 12, Issue 10, pp. 1559-1561

DOI: 10.3201/eid1210.060852

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West Nile Virus Isolation from Equines in Argentina, 2006

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