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"West Nile virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of FLAVIVIRUS, one of the Japanese encephalitis virus group (ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE). It can infect birds and mammals. In humans, it is seen most frequently in Africa, Asia, and Europe presenting as a silent infection or undifferentiated fever (WEST NILE FEVER). The virus appeared in North America for the first time in 1999. It is transmitted mainly by CULEX spp mosquitoes which feed primarily on birds, but it can also be carried by the Asian Tiger mosquito, AEDES albopictus, which feeds mainly on mammals.

Descriptor ID	D014902
MeSH Number(s)	B04.820.230.475.950 B04.820.250.350.300.950
Concept/Terms	West Nile virus West Nile virus Egypt 101 virus Kunjin virus Kunjin virus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "West Nile virus".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Encephalitis Viruses [B04.820.230]
Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese [B04.820.230.475]
West Nile virus [B04.820.230.475.950]
Flaviviridae [B04.820.250]
Flavivirus [B04.820.250.350]
Encephalitis Viruses, Japanese [B04.820.250.350.300]
West Nile virus [B04.820.250.350.300.950]

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Bar chart showing 7 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1

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Desai P, Janova H, White JP, Reynoso GV, Hickman HD, Baldridge MT, Urban JF, Stappenbeck TS, Thackray LB, Diamond MS. Enteric helminth coinfection enhances host susceptibility to neurotropic flaviviruses via a tuft cell-IL-4 receptor signaling axis. Cell. 2021 03 04; 184(5):1214-1231.e16.

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Carocci M, Hinshaw SM, Rodgers MA, Villareal VA, Burri DJ, Pilankatta R, Maharaj NP, Gack MU, Stavale EJ, Warfield KL, Yang PL. The bioactive lipid 4-hydroxyphenyl retinamide inhibits flavivirus replication. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jan; 59(1):85-95.

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Shrestha B, Pinto AK, Green S, Bosch I, Diamond MS. CD8+ T cells use TRAIL to restrict West Nile virus pathogenesis by controlling infection in neurons. J Virol. 2012 Sep; 86(17):8937-48.

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Stewart BS, Demarest VL, Wong SJ, Green S, Bernard KA. Persistence of virus-specific immune responses in the central nervous system of mice after West Nile virus infection. BMC Immunol. 2011 Jan 20; 12:6.

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Smith HL, Monath TP, Pazoles P, Rothman AL, Casey DM, Terajima M, Ennis FA, Guirakhoo F, Green S. Development of antigen-specific memory CD8+ T cells following live-attenuated chimeric West Nile virus vaccination. J Infect Dis. 2011 Feb 15; 203(4):513-22.

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Trobaugh DW, Yang L, Ennis FA, Green S. Altered effector functions of virus-specific and virus cross-reactive CD8+ T cells in mice immunized with related flaviviruses. Eur J Immunol. 2010 May; 40(5):1315-27.

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Brass AL, Huang IC, Benita Y, John SP, Krishnan MN, Feeley EM, Ryan BJ, Weyer JL, van der Weyden L, Fikrig E, Adams DJ, Xavier RJ, Farzan M, Elledge SJ. The IFITM proteins mediate cellular resistance to influenza A H1N1 virus, West Nile virus, and dengue virus. Cell. 2009 Dec 24; 139(7):1243-54.

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Finberg RW, Wang JP. Antiviral responses: different roles for different tolls. Immunity. 2009 Feb 20; 30(2):173-5.

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Krishnan MN, Ng A, Sukumaran B, Gilfoy FD, Uchil PD, Sultana H, Brass AL, Adametz R, Tsui M, Qian F, Montgomery RR, Lev S, Mason PW, Koski RA, Elledge SJ, Xavier RJ, Agaisse H, Fikrig E. RNA interference screen for human genes associated with West Nile virus infection. Nature. 2008 Sep 11; 455(7210):242-5.

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Phillips RA, Christensen K. Field-caught Culex erythrothorax larvae found naturally infected with West Nile virus in Grand County, Utah. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2006 Sep; 22(3):561-2.

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