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. 2013 Aug;40(4):265-84.
doi: 10.1159/000353698. Epub 2013 Jul 4.

West nile virus

Georg Pauli  1 , Ursula Bauerfeind, Johannes Blümel, Reinhard Burger, Christian Drosten, Albrecht Gröner, Lutz Gürtler, Margarethe Heiden, Martin Hildebrandt, Bernd Jansen, Thomas Montag-Lessing, Ruth Offergeld, Rainer Seitz, Uwe Schlenkrich, Volkmar Schottstedt, Johanna Strobel, Hannelore Willkommen
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West nile virus

Georg Pauli et al. Transfus Med Hemother. 2013 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Ultra-thin section of a West Nile Virus-infected cell culture. Enveloped virus particles with the viral capsid are visible (negative contrast with uranyl acetate). The bar represents 100 nm. EM micrograph by Dr. H. R. Gelderblom, Robert Koch-Institut.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Genome structure of WNV. C = Capsid protein, prM = precursor of the membrane protein, E = envelope protein, NS = non-structural protein, UTR = untranslated region.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
European Distribution of West Nile Virus’ from Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Available at: http://ocw.jhsph.edu. Copyright © Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Detection of human WNV infections in Europe and neighboring regions in the year 2011. Source: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/west_nile_fever/West-Nile-fever-maps/Pages/index.aspx.
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