"West Nile virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of FLAVIVIRUS, one of the Japanese encephalitis virus group (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE). It can infect birds and mammals. In humans, it is seen most frequently in Africa, Asia, and Europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (WEST NILE FEVER). The virus appeared in North America for the first time in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by CULEX spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on birds, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito, AEDES albopictus, which feeds mainly on mammals.
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D014902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.230.475.950 B04.820.250.350.300.950
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Nile virus" by people in Profiles.
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Hsieh SC, Tsai WY, Tsai JJ, Stone M, Simmons G, Busch MP, Lanteri M, Stramer SL, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Wang WK. Identification of Anti-Premembrane Antibody as a Serocomplex-Specific Marker To Discriminate Zika, Dengue, and West Nile Virus Infections. J Virol. 2021 09 09; 95(19):e0061921.
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Tseng AC, Nerurkar VR, Neupane KR, Kae H, Kaufusi PH. Potential Dual Role of West Nile Virus NS2B in Orchestrating NS3 Enzymatic Activity in Viral Replication. Viruses. 2021 01 31; 13(2).
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Garg H, Yeh R, Watts DM, Mehmetoglu-Gurbuz T, Resendes R, Parsons B, Gonzales F, Joshi A. Enhancement of Zika virus infection by antibodies from West Nile virus seropositive individuals with no history of clinical infection. BMC Immunol. 2021 01 09; 22(1):5.
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Tsai WY, Driesse K, Tsai JJ, Hsieh SC, Sznajder Granat R, Jenkins O, Chang GJ, Wang WK. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using virus-like particles containing mutations of conserved residues on envelope protein can distinguish three flavivirus infections. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec; 9(1):1722-1732.
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Watts DM, Rodriguez CM, Palermo PM, Suarez V, Wong SJ, Orbegozo J, Dupuis AP, Kramer LD, Gonzalez FJ, Handel GA. Serosurvey for dengue virus infection among pregnant women in the West Nile virus enzootic community of El Paso Texas. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0242889.
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Palermo PM, Orbegozo J, Morrill JC, Watts DM. Serological Evidence of West Nile Virus Infection in White-Tailed Deer in Central Texas. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2020 11; 20(11):850-854.
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Kaufusi PH, Tseng AC, Kelley JF, Nerurkar VR. Selective Reactivity of Anti-Japanese Encephalitis Virus NS4B Antibody Towards Different Flaviviruses. Viruses. 2020 02 14; 12(2).
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Hepp CM, Cocking JH, Valentine M, Young SJ, Damian D, Samuels-Crow KE, Sheridan K, Fofanov VY, Furstenau TN, Busch JD, Erickson DE, Lancione RC, Smith K, Will J, Townsend J, Keim PS, Engelthaler DM. Phylogenetic analysis of West Nile Virus in Maricopa County, Arizona: Evidence for dynamic behavior of strains in two major lineages in the American Southwest. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0205801.
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Kumar M, Belcaid M, Nerurkar VR. Identification of host genes leading to West Nile virus encephalitis in mice brain using RNA-seq analysis. Sci Rep. 2016 05 23; 6:26350.
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Kaufusi PH, Tseng A, Nerurkar VR. Functional Analysis of West Nile Virus Proteins in Human Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2016; 1435:45-60.