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The recent outbreak of illness due to infection with West Nile (WN) virus in the New York City metropolitan area (CDC 1999a,b; Lanciotti et al. 1999) represents the first documented introduction of WN virus into the New World. This virus is enzootic in Africa, Asia (east to the Indian highlands), and southern/central Europe. In addition, Kunjin virus, a virus closely related to WN virus (Lanciotti et al. 1999), is found in much of northern Australia.
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Turell, M.J., Sardelis, M.R., O’Guinn, M.L., Dohm, D.J. (2002). Potential Vectors of West Nile Virus in North America. In: Mackenzie, J.S., Barrett, A.D.T., Deubel, V. (eds) Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile Viruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 267. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59403-8_12
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