Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2006)

Genotype III Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus Outbreak, Argentina, 2005

  • Luis Adrián Diaz,
  • Viviana Ré,
  • Walter R. Almirón,
  • Adrián Farías,
  • Ana Vázquez,
  • María Paz Sanchez-Seco,
  • Javier Aguilar,
  • Lorena Spinsanti,
  • Brenda Konigheim,
  • Andrés Visintin,
  • Jorge García,
  • Maria Alejandra Morales,
  • Antonio Tenorio,
  • Marta Contigiani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060486
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 11
pp. 1752 – 1754

Abstract

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Twenty-six years after it was last detected, Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) genotype III reemerged in 2005 in Córdoba, Argentina, where it caused an outbreak. Two genotype III SLEV strains were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus. A 71.43% prevalence for neutralizing antibodies was found in domestic fowl in the homestead of a patient with encephalitis.

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