Repeated emergence of epidemic/epizootic Venezuelan equine encephalitis from a single genotype of enzootic subtype ID virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6697-6705

  Powers, Ann M ^a   Oberste, M Steven ^a,b   Brault, Aaron C ^a   Rico Hesse, Rebeca ^c   Schmura, Shannon M ^b   Smith, Jonathan F ^b   Kang, Wenli ^a   Sweeney, William P ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a,d  

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

^b US Army Medical Research   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENEZUELA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030753157     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6697-6705.1997     Document Type: Article

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