title: West Nile virus isolation from equines in Argentina, 2006.
abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from the brains of 3 horses that died from encephalitis in February 2006. The horses were from different farms in central Argentina and had not traveled outside the country. This is the first isolation of WNV in South America.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas, Dr. Julio I. Malztegui, Pergainino, Buenos Aires, Argentina. malemor@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: María Alejandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrandeguy
authors.forename: Cintia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: Jorge B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Aldana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vissani
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trono
authors.forename: Gerónimo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pigretti
authors.forename: Hernán
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Menchaca
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levis
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Enría
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*