@article{a6bd45725a5c4f2cb169c22be3140b7d,
title = "Persistent infection with West Nile virus years after initial infection",
abstract = "West Nile virus (WNV) RNA was demonstrated in 5 (20%) of 25 urine samples collected from convalescent patients 573-2452 days (1.6-6.7 years) after WNV infection. Four of the 5 amplicons sequenced showed >99% homology to the WNV NY99 strain. These findings show that individuals with chronic symptoms after WNV infection may have persistent renal infection over several years.",
author = "Kristy Murray and Christopher Walker and Emily Herrington and Lewis, {Jessica A.} and Joseph McCormick and Beasley, {David W.C.} and Tesh, {Robert B.} and Susan Fisher-Hoch",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support: This study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grants NIH/NIAID/DAIT N01 AI 50027–03 and NIH/NIAID K23 AI057341). Development of the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction procedure was supported in part by a grant from the US Department of Defense, Army (grant W81XWH-04-2-0035). R..B.T. and D.W.C.B. were supported by NIH contract N01-A125489. This study was approved by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (grant HSC-SPH-03–039).",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1086/648731",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "201",
pages = "2--4",
journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",
issn = "0022-1899",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}