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Role of Wildlife Hosts in the Epizootiology of Lacrosse Virus in Wisconsin

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Abstract

The California encephalitis virus group has become recognized as the arthropod-borne virus group of greatest public health importance in North America. Within this group, LaCrosse (LAC) virus has been identified as the etiological agent causing several hundred cases of human encephalitis in the upper Midwest.

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Die California-Encephalitis-Virusgruppe wird als die Arthropod-borne-Virusgruppe mit der grössten Bedeutung für die Volksgesundheit in Nordamerika angesehen. Innerhalb dieser Gruppe ist LaCrosse-Virus als ätiologisches Agens für einige hundert Fälle von menschlichen Enzephalitiden im oberen Mittelwesten identifiziert worden.

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Hansen, W.R., Yuill, T.M. (1976). Role of Wildlife Hosts in the Epizootiology of Lacrosse Virus in Wisconsin. In: Page, L.A. (eds) Wildlife Diseases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1656-6_50

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