Genetic variation among isolates of western equine encephalomyelitis virus from California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 708-713

  Kramer, Laura D ^a   Fallah, Heshaam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS GENOME; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

EID: 0032927293     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.708     Document Type: Article

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