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  West Nile   WNV

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B
Section X - Histopathology

Man: post-mortem, diffuse encephalitis. Monkeys, mice guinea pigs, gerbils and chicks: lesions, typical of viral encephalitis (1); Horse: posterior spinal cord ventral horn poliomyelitis, menigieal edema.
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Lower Vertabrates

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Brain (LV), spinal cord (LV), heart (LV), blood vessel (LV), marrow (LV), skeletal muscle (LV) secretory glands (LV), (adrenal cortex).

Neurotropic (1), but blood vessel wall could be a primary site.
 
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