Abstract
West Nile Virus (WNV) is an emerging arbovirus, which was first detected in Northeastern Brazil in 2014. Four years later it was detected in the Southeastern region, affecting three horses. In 2019, another horse was reported in the state of Minas Gerais and the confirmation of the first human death caused by WNV in Brazil, although it was a 2017 case. The enzootic cycle is maintained bet…