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. 1999 Oct 1;48(38):845-9.

Outbreak of West Nile-like viral encephalitis--New York, 1999

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • PMID: 10563521
Free article

Outbreak of West Nile-like viral encephalitis--New York, 1999

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
Free article

Abstract

An outbreak of arboviral encephalitis was first recognized in New York City in late August and has since been identified in neighboring counties in New York state. Although initially attributed to St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus based on positive serologic findings in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples using a virus-specific IgM-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the cause of the outbreak has been confirmed as a West Nile-like virus based on the identification of virus in human, avian, and mosquito samples.

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