Genotype III Saint Louis Encephalitis virus outbreak, Argentina, 2005

L A DIAZ; V RÉ; W R ALMIRÓN; A FARÍAS; A VÁZQUEZ; M P SANCHEZ-SECO; J AGUILAR; L SPINSANTI; B KONIGHEIM; A VISINTIN; J GARCÍA; M A MORALES; A TENORIO; M CONTIGIANI

Emerging Infectious Diseases ? www.cdc.gov/eid

Lugar: Atlanta; Año: 2006 vol. 12 p. 1752 - 1752

wenty-six years after it was last detected, Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) genotype III reemerged in 2005 in Córdoba, Argentina, where it caused an outbreak. Two genotype III SLEV strains were isolated from Culex quinquefasciatus. A 71.43% prevalence for neutralizing antibodies was found in domestic fowl in the homestead of a patient with encephalitis.