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West Nile virus

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West Nile virus

Summary

West Nile virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,607 views/month, #877 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Nile virus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • West Nile virus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • West Nile virus belongs to the parent taxon Flavivirus[5].
  • West Nile virus's scientific name is West Nile virus[6].
  • West Nile virus's Commons category is recorded as West Nile virus[7].
  • West Nile virus's Commons gallery is recorded as West Nile virus[8].
  • West Nile virus's has effect is recorded as West Nile fever[9].
  • West Nile virus's studied by is recorded as infectious diseases[10].
  • West Nile virus's studied by is recorded as virology[11].
  • West Nile virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[12].
  • West Nile virus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[13].
  • West Nile virus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[14].
  • West Nile virus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[15].

Body

Classification

West Nile virus's scientific name is West Nile virus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Flavivirus[5].

Identifiers

West Nile virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 11082[16]. West Nile virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46700515[17]. West Nile virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10070245[18].

Why It Matters

West Nile virus ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,607 views/month, #877 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

infectious diseases Mira Furlan Yann Tiersen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2013 v2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . ICTV Master Species List 2016 v1.3. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · FoeNyx · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh2002008949
    Parent taxon → Flavivirus
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  2. 14d ago · ~2026-27376-21 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Studied by → infectious diseases, virology
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P244]]: sh2002008949;kljimkmijk"
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