1. West Nile Virus
... 2001) Studies have shown that the West Nile Virus replicates in a wide variety of cell cultures, including chicken, duck, and mouse embryo cells and continuous cell lines from monkeys, humans, pigs, rodents, amphibians, and insects, but has not caused obvious cytopathology in many cell lines (Beasley 2002). Although we know glycosaminoglycans play a major role in flavivirus entry, there is evidence ... from an infected bird, becomes infected and is then capable of infecting another bird. Although it is possible for the mosquito to transmit the virus to a human, there are no known cases we...
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