... was first discovered in Uganda) the recognition of the West Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere, in the summer of 1999, marked the first introduction in recent history of an Old World flavivirus into the New World (Peterson 2001). The West Nile Virus is a part of the Japanese ... commerce and trade. Diseases that were once known to occur only in third world countries, such as Africa, are slowly making their way across the globe. Although all viruses in this antigenic complex are important, this paper will focus on the biology, replication, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatmen...

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