Genetic variation in yellow fever virus: Duplication in the 3' noncoding region of strains from Africa

Virology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 274-281

  Wang, Eryu ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a   Shore, Robert E ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Watts, Douglas M ^b   Barrett, Alan D T ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ACARI; FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0030589006     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0601     Document Type: Article

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