A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease?

Shannon E. Ronca; Jeanne C. Ruff; Kristy O. Murray

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009190

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A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease?

Shannon E. Ronca,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-1953

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Jeanne C. Ruff,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kristy O. Murray

* E-mail: kmurray@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-3413

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A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease?

Shannon E. Ronca,
Jeanne C. Ruff,
Kristy O. Murray

Published: May 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009190

About the Authors

Shannon E. Ronca

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-1953

Jeanne C. Ruff

Kristy O. Murray

* E-mail: kmurray@bcm.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-3413

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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