| activity patterns of st. louis encephalitis and west nile viruses in free ranging birds during a human encephalitis outbreak in argentina. | st. louis encephalitis virus (slev) (flavivirus) is a reemerging arbovirus in the southern cone of south america. in 2005, an outbreak of slev in central argentina resulted in 47 human cases with 9 deaths. in argentina, the ecology of slev is poorly understood. because certain birds are the primary amplifiers in north america, we hypothesized that birds amplify slev in argentina as well. we compared avian slev seroprevalence in a variety of ecosystems in and around córdoba city from 2004 (before ... | 2016 | 27564679 |
| evaluation of argentinean bird species as amplifying hosts for st. louis encephalitis virus (flavivirus, flaviviridae). | st.louis encephalitis virus (slev) is an emerging human pathogen flavivirus in argentina. recently, it has reemerged in the united states. we evaluated the role as amplifying host of six resident bird species and analyzed their capacity as host during the 2005 encephalitis outbreak of slev in córdoba. eared dove, picui ground dove, and house sparrow were the three species with highest host competence index. at a city level, eared dove and picui ground dove were the most important amplifying host ... | 2018 | 29761767 |