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West Nile Virus Update August 23, 2007

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West Nile Virus Update August 23, 2007

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    1. West Nile Virus Update August 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

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