West Nile Virus
| Main Author: | Shu S. Wong |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1040265 |
Daftar Isi:
- The virus appeared for the first time in the US in 1999 and spreads when a mosquitoes bites and the infected person, and then bite a healthy person. The west Nile virus has spread dramatically in the US every since. The virus belongs to the flavi virus group, and reaches its peak in the early fall, and decreases as the weather becomes cooler, resulting in fewer cases. The very young individuals or old aged are the persons most susceptible to developing a fully fledged disease, through the viral infection (West Nile virus, 2014). Since then it has become one of the most emergent diseases within the past decade.