West Nile virus from blood donors, vertebrates, and mosquitoes, Puerto Rico, 2007.
West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from a human blood donor, a dead falcon, and mosquitoes in Puerto Rico in 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of the 4 isolates suggests a recent introduction of lineage I WNV that is closely related to WNV currently circulating in North America.
Hunsperger
Elizabeth A
EA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, USA. enh4@cdc.gov
McElroy
Kate L
KL
Bessoff
Kovi
K
Colón
Candimar
C
Barrera
Roberto
R
Muñoz-Jordán
Jorge L
JL
D000818:Animals; D001782:Blood Donors; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011647:Puerto Rico; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013997:Time Factors; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000821:virology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*