Avian virulence and thermostable replication of the North America strain of West Nile virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3611-3622

  Kinney, Richard M ^a   Huang, Claire Y H ^a   Whiteman, Melissa C ^a,d   Bowen, Richard A ^b   Langevin, Stanley A ^c   Miller, Barry R ^a   Brault, Aaron C ^c  

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

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CROWS; DUCKS; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33751432345     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82299-0     Document Type: Article

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