Diaz Luis Adrián, Ré Viviana, Almirón Walter R, Farías Adrián, Vázquez Ana, Sanchez-Seco María Paz, Aguilar Javier, Spinsanti Lorena, Konigheim Brenda, Visintin Andrés, Garciá Jorge, Morales Maria Alejandra, Tenorio Antonio, Contigiani Marta
Instituto de Virologia Dr. J. M. Vanella, Cordoba, Argentina.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Nov;12(11):1752-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1211.060486.
Twenty-six years after it was last detected, Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) genotype III reemerged in 2005 in C6rdoba, Argentina, where it caused an outbreak. Two genotype III SLEV strains were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus. A 71.43% prevalence for neutralizing antibodies was found in domestic fowl in the homestead of a patient with encephalitis.
在最后一次被检测到26年后,圣路易斯脑炎病毒(SLEV)III型于2005年在阿根廷科尔多瓦重新出现,在那里引发了一场疫情。从致倦库蚊中分离出了两株III型SLEV毒株。在一名脑炎患者家中的家禽中发现中和抗体的流行率为71.43%。