Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Outbreak of West Nile Fever in 1999 in Volgograd Region

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2001; 3(1):17-21

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West Nile fever is an infectious disease caused by West Nile virus, a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, South Europe and Asia. People get it by the bite of a mosquito that is infected with West Nile virus. Several sporadic cases and outbreaks of West Nile fever have been observed recently in the regions of temperate climate. The latest large outbreak of this disease occurred in Volgograd and Volgograd region in 1999 is described in this article.

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