TY - JOUR AU - White, Gregory AU - Symmes, Kelly AU - Sun, Pu AU - Fang, Ying AU - Garcia, Sandra AU - Steiner, Cody AU - Smith, Kirk AU - Reisen, William AU - Coffey, Lark T1 - Reemergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, California, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 2185 SN - 1080-6059 AB - St. Louis encephalitis virus infection was detected in summer 2015 in southern California after an 11-year absence, concomitant with an Arizona outbreak. Sequence comparisons showed close identity of California and Arizona isolates with 2005 Argentine isolates, suggesting introduction from South America and underscoring the value of continued arbovirus surveillance. KW - St. Louis encephalitis virus KW - arbovirus KW - flavivirus KW - California KW - mosquitoborne virus KW - emerging KW - human pathogen KW - mosquito KW - bird KW - arbovirus surveillance KW - arbovirus sequencing KW - viral phylogenetics KW - global viral spread KW - sentinel bird KW - mosquito pool testing KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2212.160805 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0805_article ER - End of Reference