Investigation of West Nile virus in central nervous system infections of unknown etiology in Ankara, Turkey

• Published in: Mikrobiyoloji bülteni Vol. 44; no. 2; p. 255
• Main Authors: Ergünay, Koray, Aydoğan, Sibel, Menemenlioğlu, Dilek, Sener, Burçin, Lederer, Sabine, Steinhagen, Katja, Hasçelik, Gülşen, Pinar, Ahmet, Ozkul, Aykut, Us, Dürdal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Turkey 01.04.2010
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Central Nervous System Viral Diseases - epidemiology; Central Nervous System Viral Diseases - transmission; Central Nervous System Viral Diseases - virology; Culex - virology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Humans; Insect Vectors - virology; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - cerebrospinal fluid; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Turkey - epidemiology; West Nile Fever - diagnosis; West Nile Fever - epidemiology; West Nile Fever - transmission; West Nile virus - genetics; West Nile virus - immunology; West Nile virus - isolation & purification; Turkey

Arthropod-borne viral infections have recently gained considerable attention and importance as re-emerging infections in a global scale. West Nile Virus (WNV), a member of Flaviviridae, is an enveloped positive strand RNA virus that is usually transmitted to humans by the bite of Culicine mosquitoes...