title: West Nile Virus: biology, transmission, and human infection.
abstract: West Nile Virus was introduced into the Western Hemisphere during the late summer of 1999 and has been causing significant and sometimes severe human diseases since that time. This article briefly touches upon the biology of the virus and provides a comprehensive review regarding recent discoveries about virus transmission, virus acquisition, and human infection and disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Tonya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Colpitts
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: Ruth R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fikrig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000502:physiology*