Fine-scale genetic variation and evolution of West Nile Virus in a transmission "hot spot" in suburban Chicago, USA

Virology

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-389

  Bertolotti, Luigi ^a   Kitron, Uriel D ^b   Walker, Edward D ^c   Ruiz, Marilyn O ^b   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^b   Loss, Scott R ^b   Hamer, Gabriel L ^d   Goldberg, Tony L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics ^*  (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Molecular epidemiology; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetics; Spatial epidemiology; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICAGO; CULICIDAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 43049117198     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.040     Document Type: Article

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