Extensive nucleotide changes and deletions within the envelope glycoprotein genes of Euro-African West Nile viruses

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2293-2297

  Berthet, François Xavier ^a,c   Zeller, Hervé G ^b   Drouet, Marie Thérèse ^c   Rauzier, Jean ^c   Digoutte, Jean Pierre ^a   Deubel, Vincent ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FRANCE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; KUNJIN VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0030886380     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-9-2293     Document Type: Article

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