West Nile virus: Understanding its past, present, and future

Yusuke Sayama; Tetsuya Mizutani

doi:10.20965/jdr.2011.p0413

West Nile virus: Understanding its past, present, and future

Yusuke Sayama, Tetsuya Mizutani

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Abstract

The West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes significant morbidity and mortality in birds, horses, and humans. WNV-infection causes clinical symptoms such as WNV fever to fatal meningoencephalitis in humans. The emergence and spread of WNV from North America to South America during the last decade and the recent outbreaks of this disease in both humans and horses in Europe suggest that its epidemiology of infection is evolving. This review will present an overview of WNV virology, vaccine development, and practical aspects of reducing risk of a possible WNV invasion in Japan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	413-420
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Disaster Research
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2011.p0413
Publication status	Published - 2011 Aug

Keywords

Diagnosis
Mosquito-borne flavivirus
Outbreakes
Vaccine development
West Nile virus

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Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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