West Nile virus in Canada: ever-changing, but here to stay
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Neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease in Canada. The Saskatchewan experience.
BACKGROUND West Nile virus (WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. The main route of human infection is through the bite of an infected mosquito. Approximately 90% of WNV infections in humans are asymptomatic, but neurologic manifestations can be severe. METHODS This study reviews the clinical profile of cases with neuroinvasive West Nile infection (NWNI) reported by the Surveillance pro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canada Communicable Disease Report
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1481-8531
DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v40i10a01