Gould L Hannah, Fikrig Erol
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1102-7. doi: 10.1172/JCI21623.
West Nile virus was first detected in North America in 1999 and has subsequently spread throughout the United States and Canada and into Mexico and the Caribbean. This review describes the epidemiology and ecology of West Nile virus in North America and the prospects for effective treatments and vaccines.
西尼罗河病毒于1999年在北美首次被发现,随后传播至美国全境、加拿大,以及墨西哥和加勒比地区。本综述描述了西尼罗河病毒在北美的流行病学和生态学情况,以及有效治疗方法和疫苗的前景。