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Default Why is it called west nile virus? - 12-30-2008, 03:56 AM

Why is the west nile virus called'west nile'? is it because it was found in the west of the nile of egypt?
   
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Default 12-30-2008, 10:17 PM

The first time the virus was isolated was 1937 in West Nile District in Uganda; the patient was a local woman.
   
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