West Nile virus in Mexico: evidence of widespread circulation since July 2002.
West Nile virus (WNV) antibodies were detected in horses from five Mexican states, and WNV was isolated from a Common Raven in the state of Tabasco. Phylogenetic studies indicate that this isolate, the first from Mexico, is related to strains from the central United States but has a relatively high degree of sequence divergence.
Estrada-Franco
José G
JG
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Navarro-Lopez
Roberto
R
Beasley
David W C
DW
Coffey
Lark
L
Carrara
Anne-Sophie
AS
Travassos da Rosa
Amelia
A
Clements
Tamara
T
Wang
Eryu
E
Ludwig
George V
GV
Cortes
Arturo Campomanes
AC
Ramírez
Pedro Paz
PP
Tesh
Robert B
RB
Barrett
Alan D T
AD
Weaver
Scott C
SC
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D001717:Birds; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral