Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2016)

Reemergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, California, 2015

  • Gregory S. White,
  • Kelly Symmes,
  • Pu Sun,
  • Ying Fang,
  • Sandra Garcia,
  • Cody Steiner,
  • Kirk Smith,
  • William K. Reisen,
  • Lark L. Coffey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2212.160805
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 12
pp. 2185 – 2188

Abstract

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St. Louis encephalitis virus infection was detected in summer 2015 in southern California after an 11-year absence, concomitant with an Arizona outbreak. Sequence comparisons showed close identity of California and Arizona isolates with 2005 Argentine isolates, suggesting introduction from South America and underscoring the value of continued arbovirus surveillance.

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