La Revue du praticien.
Publisher:
J.-B. Baillière.
Frequency: 60 no. per year
Country: France
Language: fre
Start Year:1951 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0035-2640 (Print) 2101-017X (Electronic) 0035-2640 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0404334 |
| (OCoLC): | 01764149 |
| (DNLM): | R46120000(s) |
| LCCN: | sn 86009258 |
| Classification: | W1 RE8391 |
[West Nile virus: in France again, in humans and horses]. West Nile virus (WNV) is a common arbovirosis, transmitted by mosquitoes mainly Culex. WNV is commonly responsible for equine epizootics and epidemics in humans in sub-Saharan Africa. It has been occasionally described in Southern Europe and in some Mediterranean countries. Since 1994, WNV clinical aspects seem to change with an increase of central neurological involvement and a higher mortality, especially among people older than 50 years. In 1999, WNV reached New York, being responsible for severe clinical manifestations. It spread all over North America in less than four years Four (only fo...