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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
West Nile virus
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Virus del Nilo Occidental
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vírus do Nilo Ocidental
Synonyms
English
:
Egypt 101 virus
Kunjin virus
Tree Number:
B04.820.250.350.300.950
B04.909.777.270.475.950
B04.909.777.310.350.300.950
Definition
English
:
A species of
FLAVIVIRUS
, one of the Japanese
encephalitis
virus group (
ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES
, JAPANESE). It can infect
birds
and
mammals
. In
humans
, it is seen most frequently in
Africa
,
Asia
, and
Europe
presenting as a silent
infection
or undifferentiated
fever
(
WEST NILE FEVER
). The virus appeared in
North America
for the first
time
in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by
CULEX
spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on
birds
, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito,
AEDES
albopictus, which feeds mainly on
mammals.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
=
WEST NILE FEVER
See Related
English
:
West Nile Fever
History Note
English
:
1973 (1965); for KUNJIN VIRUS use ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE 1994-2001
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
Record Number:
15304
Unique Identifier:
D014902
Occurrence in VHL
:
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