West Nile virus infection in human and animals: potential risks in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nur Ain Najwa Mohd Yuseri,, Nor Yasmin Abd. Rahaman,, Abdul Rahman Omar,, Siti Suri Arshad,, Jalila Abu,, Hussni Omar Mohammed,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14461/1/14%20Nur%20Ain%20Najwa.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14461/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil12_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil12_2019.html

West Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic RNA virus maintained in enzootic cycles involving mosquito mainly Culex and Aedes spp. as the vector and birds as the reservoir host. WNV is endemic in Africa, Europe and Western Asia. Human infection results in asymptomatic illness such as fever, headache, tiredn...