West Nile Virus isolation in human and mosquitoes, Mexico.
West Nile virus has been isolated for the first time in Mexico, from a sick person and from mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus). Partial sequencing and analysis of the 2 isolates indicate that they are genetically similar to other recent isolates from northern Mexico and the western United States.
Elizondo-Quiroga
Darwin
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Universidad Autonomo de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de Los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Davis
C Todd
CT
Fernandez-Salas
Ildefonso
I
Escobar-Lopez
Roman
R
Velasco Olmos
Dolores
D
Soto Gastalum
Lourdes Cecilia
LC
Aviles Acosta
Magaly
M
Elizondo-Quiroga
Armando
A
Gonzalez-Rojas
Jose I
JI
Contreras Cordero
Juan F
JF
Guzman
Hilda
H
Travassos da Rosa
Amelia
A
Blitvich
Bradley J
BJ
Barrett
Alan D T
AD
Beaty
Barry J
BJ
Tesh
Robert B
RB
D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D013781:Texas; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012367:RNA, Viral