West Nile Virus 2019
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 75192
Special Issue Editor
2. College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Interests: vector-borne viruses; emerging viruses; viral zoonoses; viruses at the environment/animal/human interface; West Nile virus; Usutu virus; Borna disease virus; MERS and SARS coronaviruses
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Dear Colleagues,
West Nile virus (WNV) is the most widespread flavivirus present in all continents, except Antarctica. It is also a truly emerging virus, which 20 years ago was absent in the Americas and had little impact in Europe. This changed significantly when lineage 1 WNV was introduced to the United States in 1999, followed by the emergence of two different lineage 2 WNVs in Europe around 2004. After an adaptation period of a few years, the newly introduced viruses spread quickly across the Americas and Europe. Humans, horses, and birds have been confirmed to be susceptible hosts for WNV, with clinical symptoms ranging from mild to life-threatening neuro-invasive West Nile disease. In 2018, Europe experienced an upsurge in the number of WNV infections. Similarly, in the U.S., more human cases were seen in 2018 when compared to the previous year(s). The natural transmission cycle of WNV involves certain mosquito species, mainly Culex, and a number of avian species. Since transmission-competent mosquito species are abundantly found in cooler climatic regions, further dispersal of the virus is likely.
In this Special Issue, we welcome research papers and review articles related to all aspects of WNV research, providing an update of our knowledge of WNV. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) virus genetics, epidemiology, virus–host interactions, pathogenesis, vaccine development, improvement in diagnostics, as well as vector entomology.
Prof. Dr. Norbert Nowotny
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- West Nile virus
- West Nile fever
- West Nile neuroinvasive disease
- epidemiology
- phylogeny
- virus genetics
- blood donations
- diagnostic challenges
- related flaviviruses
- One Health
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