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West Nile Virus
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American Public Health Association (2004). Other mosquito-borne and culicoides-borne fevers: Bunyamwera viral fever, Rift Valley fever, West Nile fever, Group C virus disease, Oropouche virus disease. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th ed., pp. 45-48. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
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