TY - JOUR AU - Shieh, Wun-Ju AU - Guarner, Jeannette AU - Layton, Marci AU - Fine, Annie AU - Miller, James AU - Nash, Denis AU - Campbell, Grant L. AU - Roehrig, John T. AU - Gubler, Duane J. AU - Zaki, Sherif R. T1 - The Role of Pathology in an Investigation of an Outbreak of West Nile Encephalitis in New York, 1999 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 370 SN - 1080-6059 AB - An outbreak of encephalitis occurred in New York City in late August 1999, the first caused by West Nile virus in North America. Histopathologic and immunopathologic examinations performed on human autopsy materials helped guide subsequent laboratory and epidemiologic investigations that led to identification of the etiologic agent. KW - West Nile Encephalitis KW - New York City KW - encephalitis KW - neuronal necrosis KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0604.000407 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/4/00-0407_article ER - End of Reference