Morales María Alejandra, Barrandeguy María, Fabbri Cintia, Garcia Jorge B, Vissani Aldana, Trono Karina, Gutierrez Gerónimo, Pigretti Santiago, Menchaca Hernán, Garrido Nelson, Taylor Nora, Fernandez Fernando, Levis Silvana, Enría Delia
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas, Dr. Julio I. Malztegui, Pergainino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;12(10):1559-61. doi: 10.3201/eid1210.060852.
West Nile virus (WNV) was isolated from the brains of 3 horses that died from encephalitis in February 2006. The horses were from different farms in central Argentina and had not traveled outside the country. This is the first isolation of WNV in South America.
2006年2月,从3匹死于脑炎的马的大脑中分离出西尼罗河病毒(WNV)。这些马来自阿根廷中部的不同农场,且未曾出过国。这是南美洲首次分离出西尼罗河病毒。