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Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus: A Reemerging Global Pathogen

Lyle R. PetersenComments to Author  and John T. Roehrig
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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Table

Distribution of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus serocomplex viruses

Virus Abbreviation Geographic location
Cacipacore CPC South America
Koutango KOU Africa
Japanese encephalitis JE Asia, Oceania, Australiaa
Murray Valley encephalitis MVE Australia
Alfuy ALF Australia
St. Louis encephalitis SLE North America, South America
West Nile encephalitis WN Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Kunjin KUN Australia
Yaounde YAO Africa

aJE virus has occasionally been introduced into Australia. Classification from (12).

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