title: WEST NILE FEVER IN BRAZIL: SPORADIC CASE, SILENT ENDEMIC DISEASE OR EPIDEMIC IN ITS INITIAL STAGES?
authors.affiliation: Dept. Neurology, Natan Portella Institute of Tropical Medicine, Teresina, PI, Brazil, macsvieira@superig.com.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo A Cunha E Silva
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Municipal Health Dept., Zenon Rocha Emergency Hospital, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline de Almeida Xavier
authors.initials: Ade A
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.affiliation: Municipal Health Dept., Surveillance Secretariat, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amaríles de Souza
authors.initials: Ade S
authors.lastname: Borba
authors.affiliation: State Health Dept., Surveillance Secretariat, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Herlon Clístenes Lima
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Dept. Infectious Diseases, Natan Portella Inst. of Tropical Medicine, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelsen Dantas
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Eulálio
authors.affiliation: Dept. Infectious Diseases, Natan Portella Inst. of Tropical Medicine, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Linduarte Leitão
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: de Albuquerque-Neto
authors.affiliation: Municipal Health Dept., Surveillance Secretariat, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria do Amparo
authors.initials: Mdo A
authors.lastname: Salmito
authors.affiliation: Municipal Health Dept., Surveillance Secretariat, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Oriana Bezerra
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*