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West Nile Virus Disease
Current author: Nicole Nemeth, DVM, PhD
Module updated: 2011-02-15
CME expiration: 2014-02-15
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Annals Link2012-12-04
Annals of Internal Medicine The Resurgence of West Nile Virus
New Information2012-08-01
West Nile virus disease cases up this year
Newly Cited Reference2010-01-01
Persistent infection with West Nile virus years after initial infection.
Newly Cited Reference2008-11-01
Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California.
Newly Cited Reference2008-09-01
Neurocognitive and functional outcomes in persons recovering from West Nile virus illness.
Newly Cited Reference2008-04-01
Clinical investigation of hospitalized human cases of West Nile virus infection in Houston, Texas, 2002-2004.
Newly Cited Reference2007-12-15
A West Nile virus DNA vaccine induces neutralizing antibody in healthy adults during a phase 1 clinical trial.
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