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1. West Nile Virus UpdateAugust 23, 2007 Carolyn Reimann, MD
Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, DrPH
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID)
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fort Collins, Colorado
2. WNV is an Arthropod-Borne virus First discovered in 1937 in the West Nile district of Uganda Until 1999 only found in Asia, Southern Europe, Africa Flavivirus, in the Japanese Encephalitis Antigenic Complex �similar family to Yellow Fever, St. Louis encephalitis virus Transmitted by mosquitoes