Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2009)

West Nile Virus from Blood Donors, Vertebrates, and Mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007

  • Elizabeth A. Hunsperger,
  • Kate L. McElroy,
  • Kovi Bessoff,
  • Candimar Colón,
  • Roberto Barrera,
  • Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.090333
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
pp. 1298 – 1300

Abstract

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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.

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