title: Genotype III Saint Louis encephalitis virus outbreak, Argentina, 2005.
abstract: Twenty-six years after it was last detected, Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) genotype III reemerged in 2005 in C6rdoba, Argentina, where it caused an outbreak. Two genotype III SLEV strains were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus. A 71.43% prevalence for neutralizing antibodies was found in domestic fowl in the homestead of a patient with encephalitis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Virologia Dr. J. M. Vanella, Cordoba, Argentina. ladriandiaz@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: Luis Adrián
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ré
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Almirón
authors.forename: Adrián
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farías
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: María Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Seco
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spinsanti
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Konigheim
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Visintin
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garciá
authors.forename: Maria Alejandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tenorio
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contigiani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004665:Encephalitis Virus, St. Louis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004674:Encephalitis, St. Louis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors