Two distinct introductions of the West Nile virus in portugal disclosed by phylogenetic analysis of genomic sequences

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-352

  Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Severino, P ^a   Freitas, F ^a   Piedade, J ^a   Almeida, A P G ^b   Esteves, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

E glycosylation; Mediterranean basin; Phylogenetic analysis; Portugal; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; FRANCE; ITALY; MOROCCO; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; GENOME, VIRAL; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35148894975     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0632     Document Type: Article

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