The Immune Responses of the Animal Hosts of West Nile Virus: A Comparison of Insects, Birds, and Mammals.
- Authors:
- Laura R H Ahlers,
- Alan G Goodman
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018 3;8:96. Epub 2018 Apr 3.
School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.
Vector-borne diseases, including arboviruses, pose a serious threat to public health worldwide. Arboviruses of the flavivirus genus, such as Zika virus (ZIKV), dengue virus, yellow fever virus (YFV), and West Nile virus (WNV), are transmitted to humans from insect vectors and can cause serious disease. In 2017, over 2,000 reported cases of WNV virus infection occurred in the United States, with two-thirds of cases classified as neuroinvasive. Read More