title: West Nile virus: a growing concern?
abstract: West Nile virus was first detected in North America in 1999 and has subsequently spread throughout the United States and Canada and into Mexico and the Caribbean. This review describes the epidemiology and ecology of West Nile virus in North America and the prospects for effective treatments and vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors.forename: L Hannah
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fikrig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines