Genetic relationships among Mayaro and Una viruses suggest distinct patterns of transmission

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-469

  Powers, Ann M ^a   Aguilar, Patricia V ^b   Chandler, Laura J ^b   Brault, Aaron C ^a   Meakins, Tiffany A ^a   Watts, Douglas ^c   Russell, Kevin L ^c   Olson, James ^c   Vasconcelos, Pedro F C ^d   Da Rosa, Amelia Travassos ^b   Weaver, Scott C ^b   Tesh, Robert B ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Virology Program   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MAYARO ALPHAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNA VIRUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

UNA VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

PRIMER DNA;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VERO CELLS;

EID: 33750592132     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.461     Document Type: Article

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