West Nile Virus Infection in Humans and Horses, Cuba
Maritza Pupoa✉, María Guadalupe Guzmána, Roberto Fernándeza, Aliña Llopa, Félix Dickinsona, Daniel Péreza, Raúl Cruzb, Tayri Gonzálezb, Gonzalo Estévezb, Hiram Gonzálezc, Paulino Santos Monterod, Gustavo Kouría, Maya Andonovae, L. Robbin Lindsaye, Harvey Artsobe, MICHAEL A. DREBOTe
- aTropical Medicine Institute "Pedro Kouri," Havana, Cuba
- bMinistry of Public Health, Havana, Cuba
- cInstituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, Cuba
- dInstituto de Medicina Veterinaria, Havana, Cuba
- eNational Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
A surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002. WNV infection was confirmed by serologic assays in 4 asymptomatic horses and 3 humans with encephalitis in 2003 and 2004. These results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba.
TL;DRA surveillance system to detect West Nile virus (WNV) was established in Cuba in 2002 and results are the first reported evidence of WNV activity in Cuba. (Semantic Scholar)