Genetic stasis of dominant west nile virus genotype, Houston, Texas

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-604

  Davis, C Todd ^a,d   Li, Li ^a   May, Fiona J ^a   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^b   Dennett, James A ^b   Bala, Adil A ^b   Guzman, Hilda ^a   Elizondo Quiroga, Darwin ^c   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Barrett, Alan D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 34047181032     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.061473     Document Type: Article

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