Characterization and complete genome sequences of high- and low-virulence variants of tick-borne encephalitis virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1035-1042

  Wallner, Gerhard ^a   Mandl, Christian W ^a   Ecker, Michael ^a   Holzmann, Heidemarie ^a   Stiasny, Karin ^a   Kunz, Christian ^a   Heinz, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; EMBRYO; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029986085     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-5-1035     Document Type: Article

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